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100
The number of amendments accepted when the Bill of Rights was first adopted
What is ten?
100
This amendment guarantees freedom from conviction for a crime without a formal trial
What is the Fifth Amendment?
100
On December 7th, 1787, this state became the first state to adopt the Bill of Rights
What is Delaware?
100
The main author of the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
100
This Amendment guarantees that a person cannot be tried more than once for the same offense...Double Jeopardy!!
What is the Fifth Amendment?
200
This war was fought in efforts to facilitate the Bill of Rights
What is the Revolutionary War?
200
This amendment guarantees the right to bear arms
What is the Second Amendment?
200
In this year, the Bill of Rights was accepted and put into effect in all thirteen of the original colonies
What is 1791?
200
This man became president in 1789 shortly before the Bill of Rights was passed
Who is George Washington?
200
This means that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation.
What is Eminent Domain?
300
Only ten of this many proposed amendments were ratified in the Bill of Rights
What is 12?
300
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment?
300
On June 21, 1788, this state became the ninth state to accept the Bill of Rights, making it an official document for the colonies
What is New Hampshire?
300
This man believed that the Bill of Rights would be a dangerous resolution
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
These four things must be contained in a search warrant in order for it to be properly served.
What are 1) a judge's signature, 2) the place that is to be searched, 3) the person or things that are to be seized, and 4) the date on which the search is to occur?
400
The Bill of Rights guaranteed these two things
What are civil liberties and civil rights?
400
One right that the First Amendment guarantees
What is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, and freedom of assembly?
400
On May 29, 1790, this state became the last of the original thirteen colonies to accept the Bill of Rights
What is Rhode Island?
400
The Bill of Rights unified these two groups of people
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
400
This Amendment guarantees the accused to a speedy and public trial.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
500
The first eight amendments to the constitution were derived from this Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason in 1776
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
500
This amendment forbids soldiers from taking residence in your home
What is the Third Amendment?
500
In this year, the Bill of Rights was accepted by the first colonial state
What is 1787?
500
Richard Henry Lee and this man were prominent Virginians who opposed the Bill of Rights
Who is George Mason?
500
This Amendment guarantees that the people retain certain rights that are not specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?