Name that Amendment
The right to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
A group of police offers show up to your house without a warrant and being searching for something illegal. They end up saying that your TV looks stolen and they take it with them when they leave.
Yes, you can sue. This violates the 4th amendment.
He was the main author of the Bill of Rights.
Who was James Madison?
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to:
A. File for divorce
B. Vote
C. Own property
D. Run for office
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to:
B. Vote
The protection for freedom of speech, protest, and religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The principal hears that you and other students are planning to protest a war by wearing black arm bands to school. The principal then bans armbands from school. You and the other students still wear the black armbands, but then get suspended.
Yes, you can sue. This is a violation of your First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
According to the Bill of Rights, what did the people who wrote the amendments and Constitution want to achieve?
A. They wanted to set new limits on personal freedoms.
B. They wanted to create a new structure for governing bodies.
C. They wanted to inspire public confidence in the government.
D. They wanted to establish more protections for those who serve the public.
According to the Bill of Rights, what did the people who wrote the amendments and Constitution want to achieve?
C. They wanted to inspire public confidence in the government.
This amendment was ratified in December, 1865 and abolished slavery (except as punishment for a crime).
The protection from self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
You get arrested for stealing. Before your trial, you are offered a court-appointed attorney, but you decide to represent yourself instead. You lose your trial and go to prison.
No, you can not sue. Because the court offered you an attorney and you chose to represent yourself, you can not say that your Sixth Amendment right was violated.
Which of these reasons for writing the Constitution was NOT mentioned in the Bill of Rights?
A. To ensure peace within the country
B. To present a united defense against other countries
C. To enable taxes to be raised to support the government
D. To promote the welfare of the people of the United States
Which of these reasons for writing the Constitution was NOT mentioned in the Bill of Rights?
C. To enable taxes to be raised to support the government
According to the 22nd Amendment, a person can only be elected president ONCE if...
A. They already served a full term as vice president
B. They started a war during their time as president
C. They already served two or more years in office after taking over for a president who died/was impeached
According to the 22nd Amendment, a person can only be elected president ONCE if...
C. They already served two or more years in office after taking over for a president who died/was impeached
The right to a speedy and public trial in front of a jury of your peers.
What is the 6th Amendment?
While at home, you send a Snapchat to a friend group where you complains about how much you hate being part of the marching band. Someone in the friend group takes a screenshot and shows it to the band director. The band director then suspends you from band for the rest of the year.
Yes, you can sue. Off-campus speech that is not causing imminent harm is protected by the First Amendment.
What is the purpose of the phrase “We the people” at the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution?
A. It emphasizes that the nation is ruled by its citizens.
B. It invites readers into a conversation with the authors.
C. It identifies the authors of the Constitution as rightful leaders.
D. It suggests that Americans are like the people of any other nation.
What is the purpose of the phrase “We the people” at the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution?
A. It emphasizes that the nation is ruled by its citizens.
Which amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and thus allowed for the manufacturing, transportation, and sales of alcoholic beverages?
A. The 21st
B. The 23rd
C. The 25th
D. The 27th
Which amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and thus allowed for the manufacturing, transportation, and sales of alcoholic beverages?
A. The 21st
The protection against unwarranted search and seizure of property.
What is the 4th Amendment?
You get pulled over by a police officer who tells you that your tail light was out. As the officer is talking with you, he notices that you have brass knuckles (a weapon that is illegal to own in Illinois) on the passenger seat of your car. The officer asks you to step out of the car and then he confiscates the brass knuckles.
No, you can not sue. Although the police officer did not have a warrant to search the car, the illegal item was in plain view and thus within the officer's right to take it away from you.
Name two grievances against King George that were mentioned in the Constitution AND clearly inspired amendments in the Bill of Rights.
Forcing people to give up their homes to soldiers, unfair trials, unfair arrests, not being allowed to speak out against the government.
Which Amendment grants full rights of citizenship to people "born or naturalized in the United States"?
A. The 11th Amendment
B. The 12th Amendment
C. The 13th Amendment
D. The 14th Amendment
Which Amendment grants full rights of citizenship to people "born or naturalized in the United States"?
D. The 14th Amendment