Amendments
3 freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment
What is Freedoms of press, speech, petition, religion, and assembly.
The number of states required to ratify the constitution.
What is 9?
The group that wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
Who were the Anti-Federalist?
Author of the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
What amendment prevents double jeopardy?
What is 5th amendment?
Right to a speedy trial
What is the 6th amendment?
The 9th state to ratify the constitution.
What was New Hampshire?
One of the leading anti-federalist.
Jefferson; Madison; Henry; Jay
Who was Patrick Henry?
Called for a national holiday to celebrate the Bill of Rights.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What amendment protects state rights?
What is the 10th amendment?
Protections against unlawful search and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
The city was the constitution was written.
What was Philadelphia?
The number of states that needed to ratify the BOR.
What was 9 - 2/3?
Which of the following was not one of the last 3 states to ratify the Bill of Rights - 1939?
Virginia; Massachusetts; Georgia; Connecticut
What is Viriginia?
What month is Bill of Rights day celebrated?
What is December?
The most controversial amendment of the Bill of Rights.
What is the 2nd amendment?
Name of the compromise that settled the representation dispute between large and small states.
What is Great Compromise?
The number of amendments originally proposed.
17; 12; 10; 20
What was 17?
How many original copies of the Bill of Rights were made?
2; 14; 13; 10
What is 14?
How many amendments are there today?
20;25;27;21
What is 27?
The least cited BOR amendment by the Supreme Court.
What is the 3rd amendment?
The president of the Constitutional Convention.
What was George Washington?
The number of amendments that made it out of the Congress to the states?
12; 20; 10; 17
What was 12?
Which state did not lose it's original copy?
Georgia; Pennsylvania; New York; South Carolina; Maryland
What is South Carolina?
After this state ratified the BOR's it went into effect.
What was Virginia?