Day 1
Can I Get a Witness?
Burning Issues
First 10
Don't Stop Me Now
100
The very first day of American Independence 

July 4, 1776

100

You publish and circulate a school paper criticizing Ms. Wiebe's use of Jeopardy not Kahoot and Ms. Reyes bans the paper.  This violates what amendment?

The First Amendment

100

The two main issues of the Constitutional Convention were...

Slavery and Voting

100

This amendment promises the right to bare arms

The Second Amendment

100

You do not have to house a soldier in your house because of this amendment

The Third Amendment

200

The Unalienable Rights

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

200

A person is sent straight to prison without being tried in a court of law.  This violates what amendment?

The Fifth Amendment

200

The only group represented at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 were...

White, landowning, upper class, men
200

This amendment promises the right to an attorny

The Sixth Amendment

200

You do not have to pay an unreasonable bail because of this amendment

The Eighth Amendment

300

This person took issue with the Declaration of Independence

Frederick Douglass

300

You are accused of a crime you did not commit and cannot afford a lawyer so you are forced to represent yourself in court.  This violates what amendment?

The Sixth Amendment

300

The Constitutional Convention took place in...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

300

This amendment promises that no one can enter your own and seize property without a warrant

The Fourth Amendment

300

You can commit a crime and be found guilty and not be tried again for the crime, even though you did do it, because of this amendment

The Fifth Amendment

400

This revolutionary challenged the British before the Revolutionary Army did in a civilian rebellion 

Nathaniel Bacon

400

An international terrorist is held captive at an unknown prison and regularly has water poured over his head to recreate the sensation of drowning, a practice known as waterboarding.  This violates what amendment?

The Eighth Amendment
400

The fractional value of an American slave

3/5 of a person

400

This amendment promises a person a right to a jury of their peers

The Seventh Amendment

400

You have the right to a fair trial under the Fifth Amendment clause called the..

Due Process Clause

500

The wealthy elite of the Colonies had three major fears:

1. Slave rebellion, 2. Native American revolts, 3. Angry poor whites 

500

The state of California passes a vote to ban all e-cigarettes but the federal government intervenes to overturn the ban.  This violates what amendment.

The Tenth Amendment

500

The author of the Declaration of Independence, co-signer of the Constitution, and American ambassador to France.

Thomas Jefferson
500

This amendment promises the rights of the people beyond what is explicitly laid out in the Constitution or amendments

The Ninth Amendment

500

Pleading the Fifth means that you are exercising your right to 

Remain Silent/No Self-Incrimination

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