NAME THAT AMENDMENT
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The government forces your family to let soldiers live in your house. Which amendment would protect you?
What is the 3rd Amendment?
Name three of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
Any three: religion, speech, press, assembly, petition.
Engel v. Vitale was decided by the Supreme Court in this year.
What is 1962?
The Second Amendment protects the right of “the people” to do this.
What is keep and bear arms?
Reasonable grounds for suspicion are called this.
What is probable cause?
This amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
A defendant is prosecuted a second time for the exact same crime after already being tried for it.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This clause prevents the government from establishing, promoting, or favoring a religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
The state involved in Engel v. Vitale had created this for public schools.
What is a voluntary, non-denominational prayer?
Under the federal rules studied in class, this is the minimum age to purchase a long gun from a licensed dealer.
What is 18?
Being tried twice for the same crime is called this.
What is double jeopardy?
Police generally need probable cause to obtain a warrant to search your home.
What is the 4th Amendment?
A person accused of a crime is denied access to a lawyer.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This clause generally prevents the government from stopping people from practicing their religion.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
The Supreme Court ruled by this vote that the government-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional.
What is 6–1?
Under the federal rules studied in class, this is the minimum age to purchase a handgun from a licensed dealer.
What is 21?
Being forced to testify against yourself is called this.
What is self-incrimination?
This amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Someone involved in a civil lawsuit is denied a jury trial.
What is the 7th Amendment?
TRUE OR FALSE: Because of the First Amendment, students cannot privately pray at a public school.
What is false?
The school prayer in Engel violated this specific part of the First Amendment.
What is the Establishment Clause?
In the gun-rights argument studied in class, why should Second Amendment rights apply to people ages 18–20?
Because 18-year-olds are adults and constitutional rights should not begin at 21.
In this type of trial, the government prosecutes someone accused of a crime.
What is a criminal trial?
Powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Someone argues that Americans have rights even if every one of those rights isn't specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?
A public-school teacher asks the class to stand and participate in a teacher-led prayer. What First Amendment problem does this create?
Government-sponsored religion / an Establishment Clause violation.
A student says, “Engel v. Vitale means students aren't allowed to pray at school.” Explain the student's mistake.
Engel prohibited government-sponsored school prayer; students may still pray privately.
In the gun-safety argument studied in class, what is the justification for age restrictions?
They may reduce violence and protect public safety.
According to Bruen (2022), gun restrictions must be consistent with this.
What is the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation?