Random Questions
This is where you can see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
National Archives
This amendment was inspired by the basic idea that people have the right to defend themselves against tyranny.
2nd Amendment
According to the Fourth, searching and seizing would require this...
This amendment guaranteed universal male suffrage.
15th Amendment
Bill of Rights....I am your father.
James Madison
In the case Plessy v. Ferguson, Homer Plessy was fighting against segregation in this place.
train cars
The Bill of Rights was ratified in this year.
1791
This amendment was inspired by the Quartering Acts passed by Parliament.
3rd Amendment
Once you have been found not guilty, you cannot be charged again for the same crime. Give the right protected and the amendment.
Two answers here...
No Double Jeopardy / 5th Amendment
This amendment allowed for the abolition of slavery.
13th Amendment
The main topic of Article V, of the Constitution, is this process.
One word will do...
Amendment Process
This was the students form of protest in Tinker v. Des Moines (1965).
They wore black arm bands.
27
This amendment would protect you from not having your fingernails ripped off with pliers for stealing a candy bar.
8th Amendment
This amendment protects that rights not listed in the Constitution, nor denied to the people by the Constitution, are retained by the people.
9th Amendment
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
14th Amendment
This group would not sign off on the Constitution unless they got a Bill of Rights.
Anti-Federalists
He was the slave who sued for his freedom in the famous 1857 case.
Dred Scott
This amendment gives you a right to a jury trial in Civil Cases.
7th Amendment
This amendment ensures that OJ Simpson could not be forced to testify against himself at his trial.
5th Amendment
The President has nominated his college friend to be the ambassador to England. They confirm his nomination.
Senate
Passed in 1920, this amendment guaranteed universal suffrage.
19th Amendment
According to Article V of the Constitution, in order for an amendment to be proposed to the Constitution, it has to be passed by a ____ vote from Congress, or state legislatures. In order for it to be ratified, it must be passed by ____ of the state legislatures, or state nominating conventions.
2/3, 3/4
Dred Scott lost his case in the Supreme Court, because the Court ruled he could not petition for his freedom because, in the eyes of the Court, he was considered this...
the property of his master
This amendment guarantees that powers not given to the federal government are given to the states.
10th Amendment
The term for when the government takes private property for the public good is known as...This amendment guarantees that the property owner is fairly compensated.
Two answers here...
eminent domain / 5th Amendment
This amendment protects that powers not denied to the states by the Constitution, are reserved to the states.
10th Amendment
This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.
21st Amendment
This future president felt that there should be a wall separating Church and State.
Thomas Jefferson
In New Jersey v. TLO, the Court ruled that public school officials only need this to search a student and their belongings.
reasonable suspicion
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court denied Homer Plessy's claim that the segregated train cars were a violation of the 14th Amendment. They ruled the segregated train cars were constitutional as long as they were....
"separate but equal"