Because of the 1st Amendment citizens can protest government action without fear of what? (2)
What is punishment by the government
100
For many Americans in 1791, the Bill of Rights would guarantee that they would never suffer the same abuses
they had experienced under whose rule? (1)
What is British rule
100
What is the term for those who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
(Vocab)
Who are the framers, because they created the "framework" of the new government.
100
What is the term for personal freedoms that the government cannot take away without proper reason? (Terms)
What are civil liberties
100
What does the 2nd Amendment say the federal government cannot prevent states from having? (3)
What is an armed militia
200
What two conditions does the 6th Amendment require for all trials? In other words, how must trials be conducted? (7)
What is that they be “speedy and public trials.”
200
What is the term for the right to ask the government to correct injustices? (2)
What is the right to redress.
200
Why has the 2nd Amendment become controversial in modern times? (3)
What is because many people disagree whether or not individual citizens have the right to carry weapons
200
In general, what do the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Amendments protect? (5)
What are the rights of citizens accused of crimes.
200
Overall, what right does the 4th Amendment protect? (4th)
What is people’s right to privacy
300
Which term means to cause to appear guilty of a crime?
(Vocab)
What is incriminate
300
Who has the power to issue a warrant? Only under what condition can a warrant be issued? (4)
What is a judge; only if he or she decides that it is likely that evidence of a crime will be found.
300
What does the 3rd Amendment protect citizens from? Under what circumstance does the Third Amendment apply? (4)
What is having the gov't force them to house soldiers in their homes; during peacetime
300
What phrase means that all of the procedures for fair treatment must be carried out whenever a citizen is accused of a crime? (6)
What is “due process of the law”
300
What is the term for the right to a lawyer and legal advice? (7)
What is the right to counsel
400
Which amendment requires trials to be public? Why? (7)
What is the 6th amendment; it makes sure that the public is informed of what is going on in the courts?
400
What is another word for the right of citizens’ to gather together freely? Which amendment protects this right? (2)
What is the right to assemble; the 1st Amendment
400
What is double jeopardy? (5)
What is it prevents someone from being tried more than once for a crime.
400
Because of the Bill of Rights, citizens found guilty have the right to do what? Define this word. (5)
What is appeal the court's verdict; to ask a higher court for a decision to be reversed.
400
What must a search warrant explain? (4)
What is a search warrant must explain exactly what evidence the government is looking for.
500
What does “pleading the Fifth” mean? (6)
What is a citizen’s right to refuse to testify when that testimony might incriminate him or her,
500
What does the 9th Amendment guarantee? (8)
What is that rights are not denied to citizens simply because they have not been mentioned in the Constitution.
500
Which amendment requires a “speedy" trial? Why? (7)
What is the 6th amendment; to protect citizens from being kept in jail (in a sense, punished) for long periods of time before they are even brought to trial.
500
What was the 2nd Amendment designed to make sure of? (3)
What is that the states and citizens could protect themselves from the military power of the national government if it became abusive.
500
What protects citizens from having to defend themselves in court? (7)
What is the right to have legal counsel (a lawyer).