Amendments
Scenarios
Scenarios
Rights of the Accused
5th Amendment
100

The name of the document that included the First 10 Amendments

What is the Bill of Rights

100

Your teacher notices you and your friend have the same test answers and asks if you cheated, but you refuse to answer any questions. 

5th Amendment

100

Your country is at war and soldiers knock on your door asking for a place to stay, you refuse to quarter them.

3rd Amendment

100

This amendment protects you from being finned thousands of dollars for stealing a candy bar from the store.

8th Amendment

100

Define what it means to be protected from double jeopardy

You cannot be tried for the same crime twice.

200

This amendment protects against search and seizure

What is the 4th Amendment

200

You decide to start your own religion centered around food

1st Amendment

200

You are 5 minutes late to class and your teacher claims you must pay $1,000 for their Porsche fund.

8th Amendment

200

Out of the first 13 Amendments, these ones deal with the rights of the accused

4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th

200

Due process of law means

Everyone is treated equally and fairly

300

The 1st Amendment gave us these rights.

What are freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

300

After receiving the appropriate license and in preparation for the upcoming hunting season you go and buy several hunting rifles. 

2nd Amendment

300

Your neighbor continues to look in your window throughout the day. You call the police claiming it violates your privacy. 

9th Amendment

300

True or False: The right to a fair trial is apart of the 5th Amendment

False

300

The government cannot just take private because...

The 5th Amendment protects against eminent domain

400

Fill in the blank.

Right to a ____ ___, impartial ____, confrontation of _____ ___ ____, and legal _____

Right to a fair trial, impartial jury, confrontation of witnesses against them, and legal representative.

400

Your neighbor suddenly goes missing and their wife accuses you of killing him, but otherwise has no evidence to support her claim

5th Amendment

400

Your grandparents are telling you about how after this amendment there were a lot of African Americans freed.

13th Amendment

400

This amendment limited the judge's power by preventing them from overturning the decision made by the jury in civil cases. 

7th Amendment

400

List all 5 things the 5th Amendment protects you from

1. being held for a crime unless indicted, 2. double jeopardy, 3. self-incrimination, 4. eminent domain, and 5. due process of law.

500

The 12th Amendment did this

Fixed Electoral Ballot Problems. Established the way for choosing the President and vice-president

500

The state of Georgia requires people to be at least 16 years of age to receive a driver's license

10th Amendment

500

The news states that recently a citizen of Florida attempted to sue the state of GA, but the federal court would not hear to his case.

11th Amendment

500

These parts of the 6th Amendment protect you from having a jury of all your enemies and from not being given a lawyer

Right to an impartial jury and legal representative

500

This is part of the 5th Amendment and was suspended by Abraham Lincoln

Habeas Corpus

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