Bill of Rights
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
The Bill of Rights
What do we call a group of citizens who decide on a court case?
a jury
DAILY QUADRIPLE This amendments gives citizens the right to bear arms, the right to own a gun
What is the second amendment
Guarantees a right to a jury trial in civil cases
What is the 7th Amendment
"Due process" is in the fifth amendment, what does it mean?
The government must follow rules as it carries out the law
List the 5 freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment?
What is speech, assembly, petition, press, religion?
DAILY OCTUPLE Protects you from an unreasonable search or seizure of your person, house, papers and effects.
What is the 4th Amendment
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment
This allows newspapers and other agencies to report or print news and express opinions
What is freedom of the press
DAILY MINUS QUADTRIPLE What is freedom of assembly?
This allows people to gather in groups.
DAILY SEXTUPLE He wrote the first 12 amendments?
James Madison
You are told you must wait 3 years for a trial by a jury.
This violates what amendment?
What is the 6th Amendment
What does the ninth Amendment say about rights not listed in the Constitution?
Other rights and liberties not listed in the Constitution are kept by the people
Which right gives you the right to gather together and protest an unfair law?
The right to assemble
If a defendant cannot afford one of these, one will be provided for them by the government
What is a lawyer
DAILY TRIPLE You are driving with your friends in your car and are stopped by the police. What amendment protects you from an unreasonable search?
The fourth amendment
The Constitutional Amendment that gives you "the right to remain silent." (It also says you can't be tried twice for the same crime or be deprived (not given) of life, liberty or property without "due process of law".)
What is the 5th Amendment
The people may peaceably do what?
The government takes your home to build a road.
This violates what amendment?
5th amendment
In 1788, several states refused to approve the constitution, why?
It didn't lists the rights of individuals
How does the freedom of the press maintain a democratic society?
It allows individuals to be freely informed
What amendment was made in response to the British requiring the colonist to house and feed soliders?
3rd Amendment
What is double jeopardy?
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When proven innocent, you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
The right to a speedy trail falls under what amendment?
6th
DAILY DOUBLE Which "Founding Father" strongly believed and promoted the ideals of separation of church and state?
Thomas Jefferson