Amendments 1
Amendments 2
Scenarios 1
Scenarios 2
Bill of Rights Era
100
What Amendment states that U.S. citizens have the right to bare arms?
Amendment 2
100
What Amendment is freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and protest?
Amendment 1
100
You are called to the office because the principal thought you vandalized the restroom. You refuse to answer any questions. Which Amendment does this fall under?
Amendment 5
100
You love Star Wars and decide to worship the "Force". Your friends question your religious choice but you tell them "it's my right!" Which Amendment supports and protects your decision?
Amendment 1
100
What are the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
200
What amendment states that U.S. citizens do not have to quarter (house) soldiers?
Amendment 3
200
What amendment states that citizens cannot be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy) and also states that individuals do not have to testify against themselves?
Amendment 5
200
The police come to your home and arrest your father for having a gun which he legally owns. What amendment has been violated?
Amendment 2
200
A police officer pulls you over for speeding. The officer asks you to step out of the car and then searches it. He has no warrant or probably cause. What amendment protects you from this?
Amendment 4
200
How many articles were written in the "Federalist Papers"?
85
300
What amendment states that people have the right to a speedy trial?
Amendment 6
300
What Amendment states that law officers cannot unreasonably search and seize a person or property without a court issued search warrant?
Amendment 4
300
The government forces you to house 5 soldiers in your home. What amendment does not allow this?
Amendment 3
300
You choose to have your civil court case heard by a jury. What amendment have you used?
Amendment 6
300
Which state did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island
400
What amendment states that no excessive (large) bail/fine can be placed and that punishment should not be cruel and unusual?
Amendment 8
400
What Amendment states that people have the right to a jury trial in civil cases?
Amendment 7
400
A person is arrested but never sees a judge or courtroom. He is kept in jail for 18 months. What amendment was violated?
Amendment 7.
400
Kyle steals 18 packs of M&M's and gets caught. After he is arrested, he is punished by death. Which Amendment is violated by this punishment?
Amendment 8
400
What was the agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
The Connecticut Compromise
500
What amendment states that the rights of citizens are not limited to those rights only included (written) in the Constitution?
Amendment 9
500
Which Amendment states that under the Constitution, the states have the power to create their own education, marriage, and divorce laws.
Amendment 10
500
The state of Florida sets a maximum speed limit of 75 miles per hour, and that everyone who drives in this state must follow.Which Amendment gives Florida the right to create their own state law?
Amendment 10
500
The government says that no one in America is allowed to wear the color red anymore. What amendment says the government cannot do this?
Amendment 9
500
This Virginia delegate is often called the "father of the Constitution" and he took many of the notes during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
James Madison