VOCABULARY
To promise and deliver a future result
What is guarantee?
He drafted the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
Substantive rights are _________ that belong to everyone.
What is fundamental?
Criminal cases are usually tried by a
What is a jury?
Rights held by individuals that cannot be taken away by law.
What are civil liberties?
Rights that are not listed directly in the Constitution.
What are unenumerated rights?
This is the number of amendments that were originally proposed.
What are 20 amendments?
The First Amendment explains the Freedom of
What is expression?
Criminal cases involve one of these two things.
What are fines or jail time?
Civil liberties are _______ the government says it will protect under the law.
What are freedoms?
To develop a first version of something.
What is a draft?
The reason that the Bill of Rights was created?
What are several states that wanted greater protection for individual liberties?
The Third Amendment protects citizens from
What is housing troops?
The Sixth Amendment entitles citizens to the right to have a
What is a lawyer/attorney?
Civil rights are guarantees of equal treatment under the law and protections from ________________.
What is discrimination?
Rights that protect citizens in the justice system.
What are procedural rights?
The ______ to the Bill of Rights states the purpose of the document.
What is the preamble?
The Second Amendment grants citizens the right to
What is to own and bear weapons?
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from this.
What is unreasonable search and seizure?
These are the rights not directly listed in the Constitution.
What are the unenumerated rights OR the Ninth and Tenth Amendments?
Rights that are fundamental and belong to all citizens.
What are substantive rights?
List one of two reasons the founders created the Bill of Rights.
What is the purpose of preventing misuse of the government and increasing public confidence?
The First Amendment includes these freedoms:
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
The Eighth Amendment protects citizens from this.
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
The Tenth Amendment reserves powers for the _____ and the _______.
What are states and people?