History and Definitions
The Bill of Rights are these numbered amendments.
What is the first 10 amendments of the Constitution?
We pay taxes because of this amendment.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This amendment protects us against unreasonable government searches of are home.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Greg is a Catholic and Jean is a Muslim. They both free to practice their faith based on this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
The city of Carthage wanted to charge fee for voting. Marty Simpson sued the city and won his lawsuit because the 24th Amendment eliminated this.
What is the poll tax?
This term does not mean "to be hurt" but rather "the right to vote."
What is "suffrage?"
This amendment guarantees the right of criminal defendants.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Before this amendment, presidents did not have term limits.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Under our rules of succession in the 25th Amendment, this person would inherit the job of president if Biden and President Harris both perished in a plane crash.
Who is the Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson)?
A man gets pulled over for having a shotgun in his truck, the cops can ask for his weapon based on this amendment.
What is the Second Amendment?
This group of people were worried about guaranteed rights and insisted on including a Bill of Rights.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This amendment provides for equal rights and equal protection under the laws for all Americans
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment contains a number of provisions relating to criminal law, including guarantees of due process and of the right to refuse to answer questions in order to avoid incriminating oneself.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
You choose to have your civil case heard by a jury, based on this amendment.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
The Senate's vote to determine whether Trump incited a riot is arguably unconstitutional under the 22nd Amendment because this was no longer true.
What is "Trump was no longer president"?
Amending the Constitution takes a ____ vote in both chambers of Congress and then ratification by ______ of the states.
(two part answer, must be in correct order)
What is 2/3 vote in Congress and 3/4 of the states?
Before this amendment was ratified, the presidential candidate who won an election became president, and the candidate who came in second became vice president.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This amendment formally ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Las Vegas wanted to establish a debtor's prison, like England used to have years ago, for those who could not pay their gambling debts. They are forbidden to do this because the 13th Amendment also abolishes this.
What is involuntary servitude?
The military can no longer commandeer your home like they did in Pirates of the Carribbean because of this amendment.
What is the Third Amendment?
Amendments 18 and 21 deal with this same issue; one repealed the other.
What is prohibition?
This amendment provides a plan for what happens if the president becomes unable to perform his or her presidential duties, even for a brief period of time.
What is the 25th Amendment?
This amendment says that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
A man was accused of not paying a parking ticket for speeding. As punishment, the judge made him run back and forth through a active interstate. This violates this amendment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
After Sam was acquitted for murder in part because the victim could not be found, investigators find the victim buried in the desert. However, prosecutors cannot try Sam again for this crime because of this principle of the Fifth Amendment.
What is double jeopardy?