Civil War Amendments
Civil War amendments are.......
13th 14th and 15th amendments
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as
The Bill of Rights
suffrage means......
The right to vote
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
This is the text of what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
2nd amendment
What is a Constitutional right?
protections and rights that are guaranteed by the constitution
Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.?
14th amendment
"Freedom of Expression" is MOST closely linked with which Amendment?
1st amendment
What amendment involves poll taxes
24th amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."
This is part of what amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
24th amendment
DAILY DOUBLE
What protections are found in the first amendment?
Freedom of:
Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly
Petition
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments MOST impacted the rights of which group?
African Americans
"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
This is the text of which amendment to the US Constitution?
3rd amendment
What is the 19th amendment?
allows women the right to vote
DAILY DOUBLE
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
In this passage, Jefferson is referencing what Amendment?
1st amendment
When it was created, the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution ensured rights for?
African Americans
The 15th amendment was created primarily for the purpose of.......
The Seventh Amendment involves what kind of legal issue?
civil law
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
26th amendment
DAILY DOUBLE
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The italic phrase of the First Amendment is important because it
helps guarantee the separation of church and state
Which of these amendments will MOST help someone who has been accused of a crime?
6th amendment (right to jury, lawyer, fair speedy trial)
DAILY DOUBLE
During the earliest days of the United States, voting rights were limited to people who owned property or belonged to certain churches, despite the fact that this went against the
Establishment Clause
Daily Double
Fourth Amendment
· Fifth Amendment
· Sixth Amendment
· Seventh Amendment
· Eighth Amendment
All of these Amendments deal with which issue?
Rights of the accused
5th amendment (due process, grand jury,double jeopardy)
6th amendment (right to lawyer, jury, fair and speedy trial)
7th amendment (right to a jury in a civil trial)
8th amendment ( no cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail)
List all the amendments that involve voting rights
15th, (black men), 19th (women), 24 (no poll tax) 26th(lowered voting age)
"I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers which are not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"
Hamilton expresses the fear that protecting specific rights might imply that any unmentioned rights would not be protected. This fear was eliminated by the inclusion of what Amendment in the Bill of Rights?
9th amendment (any right not mentioned is still a right)
In which way does the due process clause BEST represent the spirit and goals of the US Bill of Rights?
It protects citizens’ rights against government mistreatment.