Amendments
Amendments
Types of Govt.
Vocabulary
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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 amendment ended slavery

What is the 13TH AMENDMENT

100

This type of government has kings and queens.

What is Monarchy?

100

The first ten amendments

What is The Bill of Rights

100

This type of government has strong central power, with little political freedom.

What is Authoritarian?

200
This amendment protects us from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is THE 5TH AMENDMENT
200

This amendment made the sale of alcohol illegal. (Later repealed)

What is the 18th Amendment

200

The Unites States has this type of government.

What is Democracy?

200

to bring something back

What is repeal?

200

Name one of the 13 colonies?

Georgia, Virginia, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland

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

This amendment gave women the right to vote

What is the 19TH AMENDMENT

300

This type of government controls all aspects of life.

What is Totalitarian?

300

Cannot be tried twice for the same crime

What is DOUBLE JEOPARDY

300

Which body of water is located South of Louisiana?

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

400

This amendment ended the ban on alcohol.

21st 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

Someone who takes something by force and holds absolute power.

What is a dictatorship? 

400

"A process that is fair and that respects a person's rights; following established legal procedures"

What is DUE PROCESS

400

What country is the United States in?

What is North America?

500

This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement

What is THE 4TH AMENDMENT

500

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

500

This government has no rules! no laws!

What is Anarchy?

500

This is another term for "approval" - "made official" in constitutional words.

What is RATIFICATION

500

When did the United States declare their independence from Great Britain?

What is 1776?