The number of amendments accepted when the Bill of Rights was first adopted.
What is 10
100
This amendment forbids soldiers from taking residence in your home
What is 3rd Amendment
100
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is 8th Amendment
100
You are in the security line at the airport.
The transportation safety agent requires
you to take off your coat, take off your
shoes, and empty your pockets. The agent
also completes a pat-down search.
What is No Violation
200
When was the Bill of Rights approved?
1791
200
The 5th amendment covers many rights name one.
What is Due process, self incrimination, double jeopardy,
200
The Amendment that states that civil cases will have a trial by jury
What is 7th Amendment
200
Carolyn is arrested for shoplifting a candy
bar from a neighborhood convenience
store. At trial, she is found guilty. The
judge decides that the appropriate
punishment is to cut off Carolyn’s hands
so that she will not be able to shoplift
again.
What is 8th Amendment
300
The Bill of Rights guaranteed these two things.
What is are civil liberties and civil rights?
300
This amendment guarantees the right to bear arms
What is 2nd Amendment
300
What does the 10th Amendment do?
Gives Power to the States
300
Congress wants to find ways to cut
costs because of the soaring budget
deficit. Congress passes a law to
require American citizens to house
US soldiers in their homes during
peacetime.
What is 3rd Amendment
400
What does "due process of law" mean?
The requirement that every person be treated fairly
400
Name all of the rights protected by the 1st amendment.
What is Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech
400
Name one right that the 6th Amendment gives
What is Impartial Jury, Legal Attorney Confrontation of Charges, Speedy Trail
400
A known drug dealer is arrested for
suspected connections to an inner city
murder. The police do not inform him of
his rights and immediately begin to
interrogate him. They continue until he
admits he knows the victim of the crime
and was in the neighborhood where the
murder took place.
What is 5th and 6th Amendment
500
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
Who is James Madison
500
Which amendment makes unreasonable searches or seizures unconstitutional
What is 4th Amendment
500
This amendment states: unlisted rights are not necessarily denied.
What is 9th Amendment
500
Sixteen-year old Ryan is the captain of the
football team. Before the Friday night
game, he and his teammates are required
to submit to a drug test. Ryan’s test shows
traces of marijuana. He is not allowed to
participate in the game and he is
suspended from school.