Historical Quick Facts
What does the Bill of Rights consist of?
What is the 2nd Amendment?
What is: The right to bear arms?
What is the 7th Amendment?
What is: the right to trial by jury
What is: to break up the power of the Federal Government under the Constitution.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
What is:
Protection against housing soldiers in civilian homes
What is the 8th Amendment?
What is: the protection against
What were the basic concepts surrounding the creation of the Amendments?
What is: Liberty, popular sovereignty, and political equality?
What is the 4th Amendment?
What is: Protection against unreasonable search and seizure and protection against the issuing of warrants without probable cause.
What is the 9th Amendment?
What is: The rights granted in the Constitution shall not infringe on other rights.
What is: the Separation of Powers as well as Checks and Balances.
What is the 5th Amendment?
What is: the protection against trial without indictment, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and property seizure.
What is the 10th Amendment?
What is: the powers not granted to the Federal Government in the Constitution belong to the states or the people.
The Bill of Rights was _________ on December 15, 1791, and thus became part of the Constitution.
What is: 'ratified'
What is the 1st Amendment?
What is: Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and right to petition the government.
What is the 6th Amendment?
What is: