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Individual Freedoms
Limiting Tyranny
Protections of the Accused
The Right to Vote
Interpreting Our Rights
100
Protects our freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and petition

What is the first amendment?

100

Guarantees that the government must have probable cause to conduct a search

What is the fourth amendment?

100

What law enforcement is required to obtain before conducting a search

What is a warrant?

100

Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote

What is the 19th amendment?

100

Many opponents of the death penalty argue that executing people violates this provision of the 8th amendment

What is cruel and unusual punishment?

200

Protects the rights of the people to bear arms

What is the 2nd amendment?

200

Prevents the government from housing soldiers in the homes of citizens

What is the 3rd Amendment?

200

a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

What is a jury?

200

Granted the right to vote to African American males in the aftermath of the Civil War

What is the 15th Amendment?

200
This phrase in the fourth amendment has created the most controversy and disagreement.

What is "probable cause"?

or What is "reasonable suspicion"?

300

Protects individuals' privacy against unreasonable searches and seizures

What is the fourth amendment?

300
Reserves any powers not expressly given to the federal government to the states and the people

What is the tenth amendment?

300

Guarantees a speedy, public trial by jury, the right to a lawyer and the ability to confront and call witnesses 

What is the 6th Amendment?

300

Guaranteed the right of citizens over the age of 18 to vote; adopted in response to the Vietnam War

What is the 26th amendment?

300

The court's interpretation of the first amendment has generally stated that speech cannot be limited unless it presents a...

What is "clear and present danger"?

400
A clause of the first amendment that prevents the government from establishing an official religion

What is the establishment clause?

400
States that the rights listed in the Bill of Rights are not all the rights that the people have

What is the ninth amendment?

400

a jury selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.


What is a grand jury?

400

Eliminated poll taxes as obstacles to the right to vote

What is the 24th amendment?

400

Which phrase to progressive proponents of gun control point to in their interpretation of the 2nd amendment?

What is "well-regulated"?
500

This clause of the first amendment prohibits the government from limiting your freedom to practice whatever religion you choose.

What is the free exercise clause?

500

Protects our right to speak out and criticize the government

What is the 1st Amendment?

500
The right not to be tried for the same crime twice

What is Double Jeopardy?

500

Guarantees equal protection under the law and ensures that states must also honor our rights. Passed in the aftermath of the Civil War to grant equal rights to former slaves. 

What is the 14th amendment?

500

In this landmark Supreme Court decision, the court ruled that suspects must be read their rights before they are taken into custody and interrogated.

What is Miranda vs Arizona?