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Amending the Constitution
Voting Amendments
Vocab
100
If Congress passed a law to establish an official religion for the US, they would be in violation of this amendment.
What is THE 1ST AMENDMENT
100

 This freedom protects our right to join and form clubs, political parties, labor unions and other groups.

Freedom of Assembly 

100

This war motivated Congress to propose an amendment to lower the voting age.

What is Vietnam?

100
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26TH AMENDMENT
100

 He/she must issue the search warrant.

What is judge?

200
This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement
What is THE 4TH AMENDMENT
200
This amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel/unusual punishment
What is THE 8TH AMENDMENT
200

 This allows us to express a complaint with the gov’t.

What is petition?

200
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19TH AMENDMENT
200

Freedoms we have to think and act without interference from the government.

Civil Liberties

300
This amendment gives us the "right to bear arms"
What is THE 2ND AMENDMENT
300

This amendment guarantees us trial by jury in civil cases (cases for money) involving amounts of money exceeding $20

What is THE 7TH AMENDMENT

300

This state made a law that allowed colonists to practice any Christian faith.

Maryland

300
This amendment prohibited the government from denying the right to vote to any citizen on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
What is the 15TH AMENDMENT
300
"Acting as a witness against yourself"
What is SELF-INCRIMINATION
400
This amendment prevents quartering of troops during peacetime.
What is THE 3RD AMENDMENT
400
This amendment guarantees us a speedy and public trial by a jury of our peers and the right to legal counsel.
What is THE 6TH AMENDMENT
400

The total number of amendments added to the Constitution

What is 27

400
This amendment outlawed one of the barriers to voting--the poll tax.
What is the 24TH AMENDMENT
400
"Money paid by an accused person to guarantee his or her appearance at trial"
What is BAIL
500
This amendment protects us from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is THE 5TH AMENDMENT
500

Other than being peaceful, this requirement is needed to assemble.

What is a permit?

500
This was the year that the first 10 amendments were added to the Constitution.
What is 1791
500
This was the first state to allow women to vote (before a Constitutional amendment was passed to allow all women to vote)
What is WYOMING
500
"A process that is fair and that respects a person's rights; following established legal procedures"
What is DUE PROCESS