Amendments 1-5
If Congress passed a law to establish an official religion for the US, they would be in violation of this amendment.
What is The 1st Amendment
This amendment says we have more rights than just the ones listed in the Bill of Rights
What is The 9th Amendment
This amendment ended slavery
What is The 13th Amendment
The first ten amendments
What is The Bill of Rights
Who Introduced Life, Liberty, and Property
Who is John Locke?
This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement
What is The 4th Amendment
This amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel/unusual punishment
What is The 8th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is The 19th Amendment
This is another term for made official or approval
What is Ratification
What is the name of the Article before the Constitution?
What is The Articles of Confederation?
This amendment gives us the right to bear arms
What is The 2nd Amendment
This amendment guarantees us trial by jury in civil cases
What is The 7th Amendment
This amendment prohibited the government from denying the right to VOTE to any citizen on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
What is the 15th Amendment
Cannot be tried twice for the same crime
What is Double Jeopardy
1788
This amendment prevents quartering of troops during peacetime.
What is The 3rd Amendment
This amendment guarantees us a speedy and public trial by a jury of our peers and the right to legal counsel.
What is The 6th Amendment
This amendment gave all people equal protection of the laws. Guaranteed due process for all people.
What is the 14th Amendment
A process that is fair and that respects a person's rights; following established legal procedures
What is Due Process
a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
This amendment protects us from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is The 5th Amendment
This amendment states that any powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
What is The 10th Amendment
EXTRA: This amendment made the sale of alcohol illegal. (Later removed)
What is the 18th Amendment
This was the year that the first 10 amendments were added to the Constitution.
What is 1791?
Who originally wrote the 27th Amendment?
James Madison