Basic Facts
This is the name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and usually requires this paper from a judge.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
No soldiers can live in your home without permission.
What is the Third Amendment?
The Bill of Rights helps protect these from being taken away unfairly.
What are freedoms?
The Bill of Rights was added in this year.
What is 1791?
This freedom lets people share their ideas and opinions.
What is freedom of speech?
This is the judge’s written permission needed for many searches or arrests.
What is a warrant?
Right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The Bill of Rights helps keep this from becoming too powerful.
What is the government?
This word means an official change or addition to a law.
What is an amendment?
This freedom lets people practice their beliefs.
What is freedom of religion?
This amendment says you do not have to testify against yourself.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Right to a jury in certain civil cases.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
Courts use the Bill of Rights to make sure people are treated this way.
What is fairly?
The Bill of Rights was added to protect these.
What are people’s rights and freedoms?
This freedom means people can gather peacefully in groups.
What is freedom of assembly?
This amendment gives the right to a speedy, public trial and a lawyer.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
People have more rights than just the ones listed in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
Writing an opinion in a school newspaper connects to this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
This person helped propose the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
This freedom means people can ask the government to change things.
What is the right to petition?
This amendment protects people from cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
If police want to search someone’s things, this amendment says they usually need a warrant.
What is the Fourth Amendment?