Life
The first 10 amendments are known collectively as the...
Bill of Rights
The 2nd promotes an individual’s protection by giving citizens the right to...
bear arms
The 6th gives an individual the right to a question _________ during trial.
witnesses
The 18th prohibits the making, selling, and purchasing of __________.
alcohol
The 6th gives an individual the right to be represented by a _________ during trial.
lawyer
The 1st Amendment provides most of the individual rights... Need all of them!
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech
The 3rd prevents _________ of soldiers
quartering
The 6th gives an individual the right to a trial decided by a _________ .
jury
The 13th abolishes _________ (except as a punishment for crime).
slavery
The 15th gives former slaves’ the right to _________.
vote
The 5th says you do not have to testify against __________.
yourself
The 5th says you have the right to be indicted by a _________ to prove there is enough evidence for a trial.
jury
The 8th attempts to limit torture by banning _________ and _________ _________ .
cruel; unusual punishments
The 14th provides _________ to anyone born in the United States.
citizenship
The 19th expands democracy to all by allowing __________ to __________.
women; vote
The 4th provides citizens with privacy by keeping police from unwarranted _________ and _________.
searches; seizures
The 6th states an individual is entitled to a _________ and _________ trial.
speed; fair
The 14th also guarantees _________ under the law to all citizens.
equal
The 21th repeals the __________.
18th Amendment
The 22th prevents the concentration of executive power by limiting the president to __________ _________.
two terms
The 26th in response to Vietnam draftees, lowers the _________ to _________.
age; vote
The 7th extends the right for a trial to be decided by a _________ beyond criminal cases but to _________ cases as well.
jury; civil
The 5th says an individual is free from double jeopardy and cannot be tried _________ for the _________ _________.
twice; same crime
The 13 through 15 amendments are known collectively as the __________ Amendments because they were passed during the building after America’s most destructive war.
Reconstruction -or- Civil War
The 9th provides citizens with additional _________ not listed in the _________.
rights; Constitution
Daily Double- The 20th reduces the “lame duck” period after an election by changing the __________ of __________.
date; inaugurations (taking office)
The 25th prevents a power vacuum in the event of an emergency by establishing __________ _________.
presidential succession
The 24th attempts to remove barriers to voting created largely by Southern states by banning __________ _________.
poll taxes
Daily Double- This amendment gave women the right to vote
The 19th
The 27th in an attempt to limit government spending, Congress is banned from _________ _________ until the next _________.
raising salaries; election
The 10th maintains a federal system by ensuring any powers not given to the _________ government are given to the _________ governments.
federal; state
The 17th attempts to make __________ more responsive to the people by establishing direct _________.
Senators; elections
The 12th establishes that the _________ and _________ ballots are _________ together ensuring they can get along.
President; Vice President; tied
The 16th attempts to help the federal government provide for new expensive programs by instituting a federal __________ _______.
income tax
The 23th gives __________ electoral votes to __________ during presidential elections.
3; Washington DC
Who wrote the constitution?
Who is James Madison
The 5th says you have the right to fair treatment through the normal judicial system, or the right to “_________ _________”.
due process
The 5th says the government can take an individual's property through Eminent Domain but that individual must receive _________.
fair compensation
sue; states
Who presided over the constitutional convention?
Who is George Washington