Know the Amendments
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100

This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

What is the First Amendment?

100

What's one place where rights can be limited

What private places and schools

100

Freedom of speech means you can say anything anywhere.

What is the reality that speech can be reasonably limited?

100

A student peacefully wears a political shirt to school.

What is the First Amendment?

100

A homeowner refuses to let the military people into their home during peacetime.

What is the Third Amendment?

200

This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.

What is the Fourth Amendment?

200

Rights can be limited if exercising them causes this.

What is harm to others or society/infringes on others' rights?


200

The Bill of Rights protects you from private businesses.

What is the Bill of Rights limits government actions?


200

Police search a home without a warrant or clear reason.

What is a Fourth Amendment violation?

200

A person is tried again for the same crime after being found not guilty.

What is a violation of the Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy?

300

This amendment guarantees protection in civil lawsuits involving disputes over money.

What is the Seventh Amendment?

300

Free speech may be limited based on these three factors.

What are time, place, and manner?

300

The Second Amendment gives unlimited access to any weapon.

What is gun rights can have regulations?

300

A suspect refuses to answer police questions without a lawyer.

What is the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?

300

A state passes a law that's not in the Constitution.

What is the Tenth Amendment?

400

This amendment protects states’ powers not given to the federal government.

What is the Tenth Amendment?

400

This requirement must usually exist before police can obtain a warrant.

What is probable cause?

400

Rights in the Constitution are absolute.

What is the reality that rights can be limited?

400

A judge sets an extremely high bail for a minor crime.

What is a violation of the Eighth Amendment?

400

A federal court or agency denies a jury trial in a civil lawsuit involving a significant amount of money.

What is a violation of the Seventh Amendment?

500

This amendment explains that listing certain rights does not mean others are denied.

What is the Ninth Amendment?

500

Rights can be limited to protect this common good.

What is public order?

500

The Constitution lists all the rights Americans have.

What is the reality that unenumerated rights exist?

500

The government claims that because a right is not written in the Constitution, it does not exist.

What is a violation of the Ninth Amendment?

500

The government is detaining an individual for an unreasonable amount of time, 15 years before trial

What is a violation of the Sixth Amendment?

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