Your Bill of Rights
This amendment protects your rights to religion, speech, protest, and the press.
What is the 1st Amendment
The Bill of Rights were the first 10 examples of these. Today the Constitution has 27 of them.
What is an amendment.
Things like voting and volunteering that citizens should take part.
What is a responsibility
This branch of the Federal Government is responsible for executing or carrying out the law.
What is the Executive
This part of Congress contains 100 members with each state contributing 2.
What is the Senate
The Bill of Rights only protects the right to assembly or protest under this condition.
What is peaceful.
What is the 2nd Amendment
People who are legal members of a country.
What is a citizen
The half of Congress contains 435 members and is decided by state population.
What is the House of Representatives
This amendment says that a right still exists even if its not listed in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment
The act of being tried for the same crime more than once, which is prevented by the 5th Amendment.
What is double jeopardy
The 10th Amendment states any powers not given to Congress belong to these.
What are the states
Things like jury duty and taxes that are required of citizens.
What is a duty
This document is the supreme law of the land and tells us how the government will work.
What is the U.S. Constitution
This office is responsible for leading the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
What is the President
Cruel and unusual punishments are not allowed because of this amendment.
What is the 8th Amendment
The right against unreasonable search and seizure is protected under this amendment.
What is the 4th Amendment
People are automatically citizens in the U.S. under this condition/rule.
What is Birthright/being born in America
This branch of the Federal Government is split into two parts and is responsible for writing laws.
What is the Legislative
Going to school and having access to an education is an example of this.
What is a right
The 3rd Amendment prevents the government from doing this in times of peace.
What is the quartering of soldiers
The right to a trial by jury is protected by this amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment
Things like freedom of speech and freedom of religion that U.S. citizens are entitled to.
What is a right
This branch of the Federal Government is headed by the Supreme Court and decides if the law is legal under the Constitution
What is the Judicial
Before the U.S. Constitution was adopted in 1789, this document served as America's first constitution for 11 years.
What are the Articles of Confederation