The number of amendments accepted when the Bill of Rights was first adopted
What is ten?
100
This amendment says a person cannot be put on trial more than once for the same crime (double jeopardy), and a person does not have to answer questions asked by policemen or judges.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
100
The year that George Washington became president of the United States
What is 1789?
100
The Sixth Amendment says a person has the right to these two things.
What is a speedy trial and a lawyer?
100
The names of Noah's sons
What are Ham, Shem, and Japheth?
200
The Bill of Rights was written to control the power of this document.
What is the Constitution?
200
This amendment says people have the right to own weapons.
What is the Second Amendment?
200
The year when James Madison began the process of writing the Bill of Rights
What is 1789?
200
The Tenth Amendment says that powers not given to the federal government belong to this.
What is the state?
200
He that will not work will not do this
What is eat?
300
The main author of the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
300
This amendment says cruel and unusual punishments are not allowed.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
300
On November 20, 1789, the first state to approve the Bill of Rights
What is New Jersey?
300
The Fourth Amendment says police officers must have this to enter someone's home.
What is a search warrant?
300
This helps us know the order in which historical events took place.
What is a timeline?
400
The two groups of lawmakers that worked on the Bill of Rights
What are the House and the Senate?
400
This amendment says that people have freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
What is the First Amendment?
400
The year the U.S. Constitution was written
What is 1787?
400
The Ninth Amendment says this.
What is, "Your rights end where mine begin"?
400
Methuselah
Who is the person that has lived longer than anyone else has lived?
500
The Bill of Rights unified these two groups of people
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
500
This amendment forbids soldiers from taking residence in your home
What is the Third Amendment?
500
In this year, Virginia was the last state to approve the Bill of Rights.
What 1791?
500
The Seventh Amendment says that a person suing for more than $20 may have this.