BOR Amendments
Article l
Articles ll & lll & lV
Articles V & Vl & Vlll
BOR Amendments
100

What is the 1st amendment?

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

100

What percentage of the constitution is Article l?

50%

100

What is Article ll about?

The Presidency (ex: term, qualification, duties, and powers)

100

What is Article V about? 

How the constitution may be amended (proposed by 2/3 both houses or states; ratified by 3/4 states.)

100

What is the 2nd amendment?

The right to own and bear arms.

200

What is the 3rd amendment?

Quartering of Soldiers.

200
What is discussed in Section 1 of Article l?

Bicameralism.

200

What is Article lll about?

The creation of the judicial system and the supreme court. (ex: qualifications, jurisdictions, powers) Also establishes trial by jury. 

200

What is Article Vl about?

This declares the constitution the supreme law of the land. (supremacy clause)
200

What is the 4th amendment?

Protection of citizens against illegal search and seizure of private property.

300

What is the 5th amendment?

Freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, right to due process.

300

What is disscussed in Sections 2 and 3 of Article l?

House and Senate Details.

300

What is Article lV about?

The sanctity of the individual states: full faith and credit clause; rights of citizens, relationship between the states, admission of new states, and protection from the government. 

300

What is Article Vlll about?

Original requirements for ratification (9 states)

300

What is the 6th amendment?

Criminal trials: right to a speedy trial with witnesses, right to a lawyer. 

400

What is the 7th amendment?

Right to trial by jury in a civil case. 

400

What is discussed in Section 7 of Article 1?

How a bill becomes a law.

400

How does the Judicial branch and Executive branch work together?

(Answers may vary) The executive branch enforces the laws of the United States and the judicial branch interprets them. 


400

How many states were originally required for ratification? (seen in Article Vll)

9 states.

400

What is the 8th amendment?

Protection against excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment. 

500

What is the 9th amendment?

Constitution is not an exclusive list of rights. 

500

Section 8 and 9 of Article l both discuss two different types of powers what are they?

Sect. 8: Enumerated (expressed) Powers. (also includes commerce clause and elastic clause)

Sect. 9: Denied Powers

500

What is the full faith and credit clause?

State courts have to respect the laws and judgments of courts from other states.

500

What is the supremacy clause in simple terms?

(Answers may vary) The Constitution takes priority over any state laws.

500

What is the 10th amendment?

States retain all privileges not given to the Federal Government.