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Suffrage Amendments
Vocab
100
This amendment prevents quartering of troops during peacetime.
What is THE 3RD AMENDMENT
100
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
100

The total number of amendments added to the Constitution

What is 27

100
This amendment outlawed one of the barriers to voting--the poll tax.
What is the 24TH AMENDMENT
100
"Money paid by an accused person to guarantee his or her appearance at trial"
What is BAIL
200
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
200

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

What is Freedom of Assembly 

(+100) TO ANYONE WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT AMENDMENT THIS IS APART OF?

200

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

What is Vietnam?

200
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26TH AMENDMENT
200

Deprive or deny (someone) of the right to vote

What is disenfranchise?

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

BONUS POINTS (+200): This was the FIRST constitution of the United States

What is the Articles of Confederation?
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 protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement
What is THE 4TH AMENDMENT
400

This amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel/unusual punishment

What is THE 8TH AMENDMENT

400

This ACT was a nationwide prohibition of voting discrimination 

What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?

400
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19TH AMENDMENT
400

The right to vote

What is Suffrage?

500
This amendment protects us from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is THE 5TH AMENDMENT
500

This amendment was ratified to Abolish Slavery

What is the 13th amendment?

500

This was the year that the first 10 amendments were added to the Constitution.

What is 1791

500

BONUS POINTS (+200): 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

BONUS POINTS (+300): "certain steps must be followed before a person can be punished for breaking a law"

What is DUE PROCESS OF LAW