The First Amendment
The Bill of Rights
Safeguarding Rights
Limiting Rights
Reconstruction and Voting Rights Amendments
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
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This is the first right guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What is freedom of religion?
100
This Amendment gives the right to a fair and speedy trial by jury for all criminal acts.
What is the 6th amendment?
100
American civil liberties are found in this foundational document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
President Lincoln suspended this civil protection that translates to "show me the body [of evidence]" during the U.S. Civil War (1861 - 1865)
What is habeus corpus?
100
This amendment made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal in the U.S. unless duly convicted by a jury.
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
The right to legal counsel was upheld by this landmark Supreme Court Case.
What is Gideon v. Wainright?
200
This right guaranteed by the First Amendment may be limited if you yell fire in a crowded theatre or bomb on an airplane.
What is the freedom of speech.
200
This amendment says you do not have to tell on yourself and that you may see and question witnesses.
What is the 5th amendment?
200
The SCOTUS case Gideon v. Wainwright safeguarded this right for people with less money.
What is legal counsel being free?
200
Free speech may only be constitutionally limited on this basis.
What is cause harm to others'?
200
This amendment defined citizenship, equal protection, and due process to all persons and citizens in the country.
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
This image shows the results of this Landmark Supreme Court case.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
300
This right guarantees citizens the ability to write the government to fix the problems in the county.
What is the right to petition?
300
Rights not listed belong to the people.
What is the 9th amendment?
300
The 26th Amendment safeguarded the rights of young people to have a voice in voting, by reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.
What is the 26th amendment?
300
These "laws" were created to limit the rights of the formerly enslaved blacks in the south during the Reconstruction Era from 1865 - 1877.
What are Black Codes?
300
This amendment gave suffrage to all men.
What is the 15th Amendment?
300
This landmark Supreme Court case decided that juveniles have due process rights.
What is In Re Gault?
400
This right guaranteed under the 1st Amendment allowed the Civil Rights movement to protest.
What is the right to assemble?
400
The Supreme Court hearing arguments on the death penalty is associated with this amendment in the Bill of Rights.
What is the 8th Amendment, cruel and unusual punishment?
400
The government cannot punish someone for an act that was legal when committed.
What is ex post facto?
400
These laws were enacted in some states in the U.S. after the Supreme Court decision in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
400
This amendment led to women becoming more active in American politics, including voting and running for office.
What is the 19th Amendment?
400
This landmark Supreme Court Case legalized segregation in the United States.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
500
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier was argued on this freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment.
What is freedom of the press?
500
This idea from the 5th Amendment in the Bill of Rights allows fair compensation for private land taken by the government for public use.
What is Eminent Domain?
500
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides "immunities and protections" to all persons and citizens in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
This legislative act can declare a single person or group guilty of a crime.
What is a bill of attainder?
500
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution removed poll taxes.
What is the 24th amendment?
500
This landmark Supreme Court case overturned legal segregation in the United States.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?