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Amendments 1-3
Amendment 4
Amendments 5, 6
Amendments 7-10
Other Amendments
100
Which clause under the first amendment allows people to protest?
What is freedom of assembly
100
This means to take something
What is to seize
100
What does it mean to "plead the 5th"
It means to remain silent
100
The 7th amendment gaurantees the right to a trial by jury in these kind of cases.
What are civil cases
100
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments known as collectively?
What are the civil war amendments
200
This amendment prevents the government from housing troops in private residences without compensation.
What is the third amendment
200
This is what is necesary for a judge to issue a search warrant.
What is probably cause
200
This amendment guarantees a right to a fair, speedy trial with an impartial jury.
What is the 6th Amendment
200
If you were caught shoplifting a pack of gum and your bail was set at $10,000, the eighth amendment protects against this because it is....
What is excessive bail
200
This means that some one becomes a citizen of the united states.
What is to be naturalized
300
Under the first amendment buring a flag is covered because it is known as what kind of speech.
What is symbolic speech
300
A warrant is not necessary in these situations (name 2).
What is stop and frisk, automobiles, plain view and consent searches
300
Name three parts to the fifth amendment.
What is indictment by a grand jury, no double jeopardy, no self-incrimination, and the right to due process
300
When a defendent is released without bail, it is know as being let out on their own.....
What is recognizance
300
This is the women's suffrage amendment because it gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment.
400
Which amendment and specific freedom allows us to request that the government change things or make up for wrongs?
What is the first amendment, freedom to petition for a redress of grievances.
400
Under this rule, charges will be dismissed if evidence was seized illegally.
What is the excusionary rule.
400
What are the differences between a grand jury and a petit jury?
a grand jury is 23 people and decides if there is enough evidence to bring some one to trial, a petit jury is 6-12 people who decide guilt or inncocence
400
Name two arguments for the death penalty and two arguments against the death penalty
Against - used primarily against minorities, morally wrong, an innocent person could be wrongly executed, doesn't deter crime. For - less discriminatory imposition than in past, its proper retribution for some crimes, it existed when constitution was written, it deters some people
400
This amendment is important because the equal protection clause in it reinforced the fact that everyone has equal rights no matter what their race or ethnicity is.
What is the 14th amendment
500
What two types of speech or press are not covered by the first amendment?
libel, fighting words, obscenity, inciting violence
500
An officer can only enter your home for these reasons (name 2)
What is a warrant, emergency, or consent search
500
As a result of this right a defendent or his attorney can question and cross-examine a witness against him.
What is the confrontation clause of the 6th amendment
500
What is the purpose of the ninth and tenth amendments or what rights do they preserve?
The ninth amendment covers unenumerated rights. The tenth gives states equal power to the federal governemnt (federalism).
500
Before 1971, Americans had to be 21 to vote. The 26th Amendment says you can vote when you're
What is 18 years old