History and foundations
This foundational set of protections consists of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights ?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, peaceful assembly, and petitioning the government.
What is the First Amendment ?
This term refers to the prohibited practice of being tried twice for the same offence.
What is double jeopardy ?
This is the year the US Constitution officially came into force.
What is 1789 ?
This amendment guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment ?
This is the money paid to a court when a person is released from custody as a guarantee that they will return to face trial.
What is bail ?
This is the year the Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution.
What is 1791 ?
This amendment prohibits soldiers from being quartered in private houses in peacetime without the owner's consent.
What is the Third Amendment ?
This term defines the act of saying something against yourself that shows you are guilty.
What is self-incrimination ?
This Founding Father of the USA introduced the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison ?
This amendment guarantees an accused person the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury in criminal prosecutions.
What is the Sixth Amendment ?
If a city mayor tries to prevent Jackie and her friends from holding a peaceful protest in a local park, this amendment protects their right to gather.
What is the First Amendment ?
This political group feared that the federal government would have too much power, leading to the creation of the Bill of Rights to appease them.
Who are the Anti-Federalists ?
This amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states respectively, or to the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment ?
If a prosecutor attempts to re-try Mr. Jones for murder after he was already found "not guilty," this amendment prohibits the second trial.
What is the Fifth Amendment ?