Bill of Rights
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
What is the 2nd amendment?
This amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
What is the 13th amendment?
This document is important because it declared the colonies independent and listed the defects of the king of England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This amendment is often evoked by saying, "I plead the ___"
What is the 5th Amendment?
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This amendment made it illegal to withhold voting rights based on race, ethnicity, or status of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
This document is important because it set up a framework for the new U.S. government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
What is the 1st amendment?
This amendment changed U.S. citizenship qualifications from bloodright citizenship to birthright citizenship
What is the 14th amendment?
This document is important because allowed Federalists and anti-Federalists to reach a compromise and ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...
What is the 6th Amendment?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are referred to by the historical period in which they were added to the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
This document declared that slavery was officially illegal in the states that had rebelled against the federal government.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
______ wanted power to remain with state and local governments and favored a bill of rights to safeguard individual liberty.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures...
What is the 4th amendment?
Women were not granted the right to vote until this amendment.
What is the 19th amendment?
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
What is the 9th Amendment?