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Bill of Rights
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What's the word?
Odds and Ends
100
Protects 5 freedoms: speech, religion, press, petition, and peacebly assemble.
What is the 1st Amendment.
100
You have the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
100

 The Bill of Rights protects the rights and ______ of American citizens, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

What are freedoms?

100
The term that means to reject a law or amendment.

What is veto?

100

Father of the Constitution

Who is James Madison?

200
The right to no excessive bail and cruel punishments.

What is the 8th amendment

200

This group of individuals wanted a bill of rights added to the Constitution so that the rights of the people were protected.

Who are the Anti- Federalists?

200

The Senate and House of Representatives are found in this branch?

What is the Legislative Branch?

200

This word means to accept an amendment.

What is ratify?

200

This explained how slaves would be counted in a states population

What is the 3/5th's Compromise?

300
No soldier in a time of peace shall be quartered in a private citizen's home without the homeowner's consent.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
300

This was added to the Constitution because the American people wanted protection from unfair laws.

What are the Bill of Rights?

300

This term describes the system of  limiting power of each branch of government. It describes the  power of each branch and the ability to make sure no other branch becomes too powerful.

What are the "Check and Balances"?

300
The US Government is divided into three ______ or parts. Each part has its own responsibilities and powers.
What are branches?
300

This plan :

1. Worried that the population would give them a disadvantage

2. Wanted to expand the powers of Congress

3.Wanted one vote for every state ( equal representation)

What is the New Jersey Plan?

400

The right to not testify against yourself. The right to not be tried for the same crime twice.

What is the 5th Amendment?

400

Citizens in Massachusetts got upset and rioted because they could not pay their taxes after the American Revolution. They had not gotten paid. It showed that the Articles of Confederation were weak.

What is Shay's Rebellion?

400

This branch of government decides if a law is constitutional.

What is the Judicial Branch?

400

Changes to the US Constitution are called_______.

What are amendments?

400

The purpose of the Constitution  is to ___________.

What is  "explain how the government serves the people"?

500

People and their personal property cannot be searched without a warrant, issued by a judge

What is the 4th Amendment?

500

This plan of government was an agreement proposed during the Constitutional Convention  and called for a bicameral Congress and 3 branches of government. It provided a balance of the number of representatives in the House based on population and equal representation in the Senate.

What is the Great Compromise?

500

A weakness this document limited the power of the government to collect or have money and also no way of making money?

What are the Articles of Confederation?

500

This word means a legislature in which two groups of people make laws. 

What is bicameral?

500

Until the Bill of Rights were added, many did not want to sign this document because they feared people's individual rights would not be protected.

What is the Constitution?