Bill of Rights
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights, as ratified in 1791.
What is 10?
A group of random citizens who decide on the guilt or innocence of someone on trial?
What is a jury?
What are the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
This guarantees a citizens right not to be tried twice for the same crime?
What is Double Jeopardy/ 5th Amendment?
I think a new law should be made about cell phones in the classroom so I talk to my Congressmen. What Amendment protects this right?
What is the 1st Amendment/right to petition government?
These rights are guaranteed under the First Amendment.
What are freedom of speech, assembly, petition, press, religion, and establishment of religion?
The Government must have a warrant to search your property. Which Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure?
What is the 4th Amendment?
A judge sets a bail of $5 million, what Amendment is being violated?
What is the 8th Amendment?
What Amendment protects my right to a grand jury?
What is the 5th Amendment?
This part of 1st Amendment allows people to gather in groups to peacefully protest
What is right to assemble?
I am the Flag Assembly and we are all instructed to bow our heads in prayer, this may be a violation of which freedom? Found in which Amendment?
What is freedom of religion and what is the First Amendment
This amendment concerns the rights of the accused individuals on trial. If the accused cannot afford a lawyer a public defender is provided, a right provided by the ______ Amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment?
The 8th amendment stops the government from torturing people found guilty of a crime. What is the more common phrase used to describe acts like torture, painful deaths (i.e. an electric chair), and unsafe conditions in prison.
What is Cruel and Unusual punishment.
The government has made plans to build another road from WI Rapids to Stevens Point, but the road is supposed to cut through my family’s land. This amendment protects me from the government taking my land without proper payments.
What is the 5th Amendment/just compensation?
I'm being arrested, but the cops won't tell me what for. What Amendment is being violated?
What is the 6th Amendment/right to be informed of accusation?
I am a journalist from the local newspaper and I show up at the Mayor's Office for a potential story, I am expressing my freedom of _____, found in the _____ Amendment.
What is the Freedom of the Press, found in what is the 1st Amendment.
This amendment protects a person accused of a crime from being a witness against his or herself.
What is the 5th Amendment
What Amendment protects my rights NOT listed in the Bill of Rights?
What is the 9th Amendment?
My parents say that I can no longer wear my favorite shirt because they don't like the slogan. What Amendment is being violated?
What is the 1st Amendment/ freedom of speech?
What Amendment allows the accused to call a witness in their favor?
What is the 6th Amendment?
This Amendment is an OLD and obsolete amendment, dating as far back as the Boston Massacre, which says that the government cannot place soldiers in your home.
What is the Quartering Act or 3rd Amendment?
A man is arrested and not put on trial for so many years. What part of the 6th amendment has been violated?
What is the right to a Fair and Speedy Trial
I get pulled over by a cop for speeding. He asks me to step out of my vehicle so he can search it. What amendment protects me from him searching my vehicle?
What is the 4th Amendment?
The Government wants to create a National Religion, what Amendment prohibits this?
What is the 1st Amendment/Establishment of Religion?
What Amendment protects my right to confront a witness?
What is the 6th Amendment?
Rights that are not written in the constitution are reserved to be determined by the individual states. This is protected under which Amendment?
What is the 10th Amendment?
Steven owns a hunting rifle, what Amendment protects his right to do so?
What is the 2nd Amendment
I have been waiting for my trial for 3 years. What Amendment is being violated?
What is the 6th Amendment/right to speedy and public trial?
I'm being sued by my neighbor for $200. I have the right to a trial by _______.
What is Trial by Jury/ 7th Amendment?
What Amendment is is due process listed under?
What is the 5th Amendment?