Name the 5 basic freedoms guaranteed by the 1st Amendment.
RAPPS - Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech
100
Which amendment prevents unreasonable search and seizure?
The 4th Amendment.
100
Which amendment was a direct response to the Quartering Act during the Colonial Period?
The 3rd amendment.
100
What are amendments 13, 14, and 15 often known as?
The Civil War Amendments.
100
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
200
What are the two components of the freedom of religion guaranteed by the 1st amendment?
1) People may practice whichever faith they choose. 2) The government cannot establish or set an official religion
200
Explain eminent domain.
The right of the government to take private property with just compensation to the owner.
200
Which amendment greatly limits the power of the federal government by reserving powers for the states?
The 10th amendment.
200
Which amendment freed enslaved people?
The 13th Amendment.
200
The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. What led to the creation of this amendment?
The Vietnam War. 18 year old men were drafted and sent to war without the ability to vote on the government that was sending them there.
300
What does the establishment clause of the First Amendment say?
Government cannot create a state religion.
300
Once someone is indicted for a crime, they do not go directly to jail. What must happen first?
They must be put on trial for that crime.
300
Which amendment protects a citizen's right to own guns?
The 2nd amendment.
300
What were poll taxes and which amendment were they meant to circumvent (work around/ ignore)?
Poll taxes were charges put in place to vote. They made it hard for African Americans to vote. This circumvented the 15th Amendment which allowed African American men the right to vote.
300
Which amendment allowed citizens in Washington D.C. to vote for the President and Vice President?
The 23rd Amendment
400
What does it mean to "petition the Government"?
Citizens may request the government act on a specific matter.
400
Which amendment would lawyers use to support an argument that stated the punishment their client faces is too serious for the crime he or she committed?
The 8th Amendment.
400
Which amendment declares that people have more rights than just those listed in the Constitution?
The 9th Amendment.
400
Which amendment ended state laws that hurt African Americans and allowed people of any race to become citizens?
The 14th Amendment.
400
Which amendment granted suffrage to women?
The 19th Amendment.
500
Who described the first amendment as creating "a wall of separation between church and state?"
Thomas Jefferson
500
Which amendment would you use if someone forced you to testify against yourself?
The 5th amendment.
500
Which amendment guarantees a trial by jury for civil cases?
The 7th Amendment.
500
Which amendment declares that all citizens must receive equal protection under the law?
Amendment 14
500
The 17th Amendment gave Americans a greater voice in their government by ___________.