Bill of Rights Pt.1
This is stated by the 8th amendment.
What is there are no exceptions for cruel and unusual punishment, along with excessive fines to any person?
Slavery was abolished in the United States thanks to which amendment.
What is the 13th amendment?
On this date the Bill of Rights was created.
What is 1791? (December 15th to be exact)
Removed the lengthy transitional period of a defeated President or Congressman after they were defeated.
What is the 20th amendment?
Changes in the constitutions written words.
What is an amendment?
This amendment give you the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This was allowed by the 15th amendment.
What is any race is allowed to vote. Ended the color barrier of "whites-only" voting in America?
The Bill of Rights created ______ ______ for the Federal governement.
What is limited power?
Citizens were allowed to cast direct votes for United States senators.
What is the 17th amendment?
1st 10 amendments that were ratified by the US constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment prohibits any unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The 12th amendment created the ability to vote for which two people.
What is both the President and the Vice president of the United States?
The reason people wanted a Bill of Rights.
What is strong guarantees that the new government would not trample upon their newly won freedoms of speech, press and religion?
Grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.
What is the 16th amendment?
Most amendments have protections against government and guarantees for a persons safety.
What are civil liberties?
The 7th amendment agrees to allow.
What is a jury in most civil cases?
The 11th amendment protects.
What is the states from lawsuits filed by citizens of other states or countries?
______ was the main man credited for the Bill of Rights and its amendments.
Who was James Madison?
This was abolished thanks to the 18th amendment.
What is Alcohol/liquor? Was also called prohibition.
Number of amendments in the US constitution.
What is 27 amendments?
This is one of the first 10 amendments that is rarely ever or not used at all in today's age.
What is the 3rd amendment? (Quartering soldiers)
Citizenship was granted to all people born in the US regardless of Race.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The reason people of the United States were so afraid of a strong national government.
What is the fact that they were recently freed from the despotic English monarchy?
19th amendment granted this to all women.
What is the right to vote? Known as women's suffrage.
These people felt that a Bill of Rights was needed to keep the central government from taking rights from states and citizens.
What are Anti-federalists?