Bill of Rights
The right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
All men could vote if they paid a poll tax and passed a literacy test.
What is the 15th amendment?
Things citizens should do in order to support the government.
What are responsibilities?
A person born in a country or who chooses to become a member of that country by law.
What is a citizen?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The freedom of speech, religion, assembly.
What is the 1st amendment?
All women gained the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
Things citizens MUST do in order to support the government.
What is a duty?
Fair treatment under the law.
What is due process?
The right to vote in political elections.
What is suffrage?
The right to a trial by jury.
What is the 7th amendment?
You must be 18 years old to vote.
What is the 26th amendment?
Taxes people had to pay in order to vote.
What is a poll tax?
In the United States, it is the supreme law and plan of the national government, adopted in 1789.
What is the Constitution?
We can amend the Constitution. (True or False)
What is TRUE?
Citizens have rights that are not listed.
What is the 9th amendment?
Eliminated the poll tax to vote.
What is the 24th amendment?
A reading and writing test men had to take in order to vote.
What is a literacy test?
To approve or confirm by vote.
What is 2/3?
The right to remain silent.
What is the 5th amendment?
This amendment gave the right to citizens of Washington D.C. to elect representatives to the Electoral College.
What is the 23rd amendment?
Freedoms or protections guaranteed to citizens by the U.S. government.
What are rights?
A change or addition to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
A group of people chosen to officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States, based on the popular vote in each state.
What is the Electoral College?