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The First Amendment
Protected Rights
Legal Rights
Other Rights
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100

What is one right guaranteed by the First Amendment?

Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, Assembly

100

What does the second amendment protect?

The right to bear arms

100

Name one kind of dispute that would go to civil trial. 

Divorce, custody, property dispute, personal injury, contract dispute, etc. 

100

The Ninth Amendment protects whose rights?

The peoples' rights

100
True or false: The Bill of Rights has changed since 1791.

False.

200
The right to pray in school is an example of the freedom of ___________. 

religion

200

What is forced quartering?

Troops staying in your home and eating your food without your permission

200

What does it mean to have an impartial jury?

A jury that is not biased toward one side or the other.

200

The 10th Amendment protects whose rights?

States' rights

200

How many amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?

Ten

300

Can you get fired for criticizing your boss/company?

YES (if private)

NO (if government)

300

Which amendment requires a warrant to search your person or property?

Amendment 4

300

What is bail?

Money held temporarily by the court while a defendant waits for their trial at home.

300

Name 3 things that different states have different laws about. 

Speed limits, death penalty, school days, teacher licensing, etc. 
300

Why are Supreme Court decisions important?

They can change the way we interpret and apply laws. 

400

Tinker v. Des Moines (Vietnam war protest with black armbands) protected what kind of free speech?

Symbolic speech

400

Why is the third amendment still relevant today?

It's a reminder that the government should respect the privacy of people's homes. 

400

How has the Supreme Court's definition of "cruel and unusual" changed over time?

Answers may vary

400

Name one right people have in the U.S. that is not listed in the Bill of Rights.

Privacy, other answers may vary

400

What does the word "amendment" mean?

Amend = to change; amendment = something that has been changed

500
Saying (or printing) something that hurts someone's reputation is called....

Slander (verbal) or libel (printed)

500

What did the Supreme Court decide in TLO v. New Jersey (vice principal found marijuana in student's backpack)?

School officials don't need warrants to search students' belongings. 

500

Which landmark Supreme Court case requires police to "read your rights" at arrests?

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

500

What are reserved powers?

Powers not mentioned in the Constitution are reserved for the states.

500

What is one way the Bill of Rights affects your life today?

Answers will vary