Name that Right!
The right to speech, press, assembly, protest, and religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Changes in, or additions to, a constitution. Proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Ratified by approval of three-fourths of the states.
What is an Amendment?
Who is James Madison?
Rights that are given and still protected by the government.
Declaring freedom from the British and basis for the constitution.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Prevents the government from forcing someone to house soldiers during war.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
First ten Amendments to the Constitution. Ratified in 1791, these amendments limit government power and protect basic rights and liberties of individuals.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Founder of the Federalist Party
Who is Alexander Hamiltion
The nature of the rights within the bill of rights.
What are Negative Rights?
Influenced the bill of rights
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
What is the 6th Amendment?
A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
What is the Federalist Party?
Advocated for states rights rather than a strong federal government.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Allows for the rights that are aren't necessarily listed to be protected by the court.
What are the 9th and 10th Amendments?
What is the Constitution?
The protection against excessive bail amounts, fines, and cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the 8th Amendment?
A group that opposes a strong central government and believe in stronger state governments.
What is the Anti-Federalist party?
Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
Your rights belong to __ not the government.
A collection of 85 articles written to promote the ratification of the Constitution.
Bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of a person or property.
What is the 4th Amendment?
counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
What is Checks and Balances?
Did not believe in political parties and felt that domination by one party would lead to revenge among the other.
George Washington
The bill of rights limits this type of government from infringing on your rights.
What is the federal government?
An act signed into law in England that influenced the US Bill of Rights.
What is the English Bill of Rights?