Bill of Rights
Vocabulary
Dates
Illinois
Misc.
100

The second Amendment permits...

What is the right to bear arms?

100

Define Habeas Corpus

What is the right to your own body?

100

The year the Constitution was ratified.

When was 1789?

100

The year Illinois became a state

What happened in 1818?

100

The Three Branches of government.

What is legislative, executive and judicial branches?

200

The Bill of Rights specifically states that it is NOT.

What is a complete list of individual rights?

200

Define candid

What is completely authentic?

200

The Bill of Rights was ratified by 3/4 of the states in _____.

What is 1791?

200

Illinois has had ___(#) Constitutions.

4

200

Quorum in the Senate.

What are 51 Senators?

300

The amendment that is directly correlated with Meranda rights (when you get arrested)

What is Amendment 5?
300

Lower level courts are called....

What is tribunals?

300
The first congress was in the year ____.

When was 1789?

300

The current Illinois Constitution was adopted in ___. year

What is 1970?

300

The amount of people needed to pass a bill.

What is 2/3?

400

The person who most influenced the bill of rights.

Who is James Maddison?

400

Define excise

What is a tax levied on certain goods produced or sold with in a country?

400

There are _____ articles in the Illinois constitution.

What is 14?

400

The current speaker of the house.

Who is Mike Johnson?

500

Bill of Rights Day

December 15

500

"The fact of being descended from the same ancestor".(Brother from another mother)

What is the definition of Consanguinity?

500

 The day that George Washington was inaugurated.

When is April 30th,1789?

500

Article 12 in the Illinois Constitution is about _____.

Militia

500

Quorum of the House.

What are 218 Representatives?