The year the American colonists separated from Britain.
What is 1776?
100
On September 25, 1789, these were passed to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Ten Amendments?
100
The person that introduced the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
100
As an American, we have the right to protect self and family and the right to do what as written in the 2nd Amendment.
What is the right to bear arms?
100
The number of amendment accepted when the Bill of Rights was first adopted.
What is ten?
200
The date the Bill of Rights became part of the United States Constitution.
What is December 15, 1791?
200
The name of the first ten amendments to the constitution were proposed on September 25, 1789.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
A prominent Virginian who opposed the Bill of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
200
This amendment recognizing the need for a right not only to a trial, but the right for a trial by jury.
What is the seventh amendment?
200
Number of states that had to ratify the Bill of Rights before it went into effect?
What is eleven?
300
The date Congress proposed the Bill of Rights.
What is September 25, 1789?
300
A guarantee to Americans to have freedom of speech, press, religion, and petition is known as...
What is the First Amendment?
300
President during the passing of the Bill of Rights.
Who is George Washington?
300
The Fourth Amendment protects your stuff from unreasonable ____ and _____ or property by the government. It consists of two main parts:
What is the search and seizure clause?
300
Place where one of the first copies of the Bill of Rights is on display.
What is the National Archives in Washington, D.C.?
400
The date the 1st state, New Jersey ratified the Bill of Rights.
What is November 20, 1789?
400
The sixth Amendment gave Americans the right to a speedy trial and what:
What is the right to a witness?
400
The Bill of Rights unified these two groups of people.
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
400
This amendment is well known by Americans, perhaps as a familiar phrase of criminal defendants.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
400
This amendment contains the double jeopardy clause...person cannot be tried or punished for the same crime twice.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
500
The date the last state, Connecticut ratified the Bill of Rights.
What is April 19, 1792?
500
The government is not authorized to house troops in people's homes or property during peace time without their consent or during war time except as prescribed by law. This amendment states conditions for quartering soldiers.
What is the third amendment?
500
Man who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which inspired the first eight amendments.
Who is George Mason?
500
Containing only one clause, this amendment is the least known amendment. It states that any rights no designated as being under the power of the federal government are automatically reserved by the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
500
The Enumeration of Rights Clause - This clause guarantees protection of any rights not mentioned in the Constitution.