Bill of Rights
Duties and Responsibilities of Citizens
Other Important Amendments
Key Terms
Misc.
100
Guarantees the right of speech, press, assembly, religion, and petition
What is the First Amendment
100
Men over age 18 and of certain qualifications must sign up for this
What is the draft?
100
This officially banned slavery in the United States
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
100
rights guaranteed to all US citizens
What is civil rights?
100
Name a woman who was involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Who is Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman, Alice Paul, and Elizabeth Stanton?
200
People who own firearms are exercising their ________________ Amendment rights
What is the Second Amendment?
200
Reporting to serve as the member of a jury
What is jury duty?
200
This allowed for citizens to elect our state senators rather than our state legislature choosing them
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
200
another word for the right to vote
What is suffrage?
200
This officially outlawed the use of poll taxes
What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
300
Protection against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, eminent domain, and the right for due process of the law fall under this amendment
What is the Fifth Amendment?
300
You must do this, at least until age 16, because a democracy cannot function without educated citizens
What is attend school?
300
This gave women the right to vote
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
300
Money or property that the accused gives the court to hold until they show up for trial
What is bail?
300
What is probably the most basic and important duty of citizenship?
What is obeying the law?
400
Which amendment protects citizens from the forced quartering of troops?
What is the Third Amendment?
400
If you receive a paycheck or buy things you have probably had to pay these.
What is taxes?
400
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
400
The federal power to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
400
Sometimes during a war or crisis, certain goods will be ________________, or limited by law to a certain amount per household
What is rationed?
500
This amendment protects the people from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
500
In order to vote responsibly, citizens must be knowledgable of issues and candidate opinions, this falls under the duty of what?
What is staying informed?
500
What 3 amendments extended more civil rights to African-Americans
What is 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
500
A tax a person must pay in order to register to vote. Southern states used these to keep some African-Americans from voting.
What is a poll tax?
500
Some schools choose not to say the pledge of allegiance to the flag because it includes the phrase, "one nation, under God." Schools that do this strongly believe in what?
What is separation of church and state?