Amendments
What states that US citizens have the right to bare arms?
2nd Amendment
You are called to the office because the principal thinks you vandalized the restroom. You refuse to answer any questions
5th Amendment
The author of the Bill of Rights
James Madison
This branch of government makes the laws
Legislative Branch
The nickname of Massachusetts
The Bay State
What amendment is "You do not have to quarter Soldiers"
3rd Amendment
Your father/mother goes to a store and buys a handgun. He/She brings it home to protect his/her family
2nd Amendment
This Founding Father's face can be found on a 5 cent Nickel coin.
Thomas Jefferson
fair treatment through the normal judicial system
Due Process
Grown in bogs all over our state, this is our state berry
Cranberry
What amendment is "people have the right to a fair trial"
5th Amendment
Due to the expense of a war with Iraq, the government asks American households to provide the cost to feed and house three Soldiers
3rd Amendment
Which president wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Fact Thomas Jefferson died the same day as John Adams, which was also the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The division of government into three branches in order to restrict the accumulation of power by any one person or body
Seperation of Powers
The year the Red Sox last one the World Series
2013
What amendment is "can not sure a persons property without a warrant"
4th Amendment
The police pull you over and demand to search your car. They search every part of the car and take some of your personal items
4th Amendment
What number President is John Adams?
2nd President
A system of restrictions placed on individual branches of government by the other branches of government to maintain a balance of power
Checks and Balances
This the longest river entirely within our state
The Charles River
What amendment states that any powers not stated in the Constitution belong to state?
10th Amendment
You are fined $5,000 for stealing a candy bar
8th Amendment
This Founding Father was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, and he famously wrote an autobiography with 13 virtues to live by
Ben Franklin
This is the authority of a president to refuse to sign bills into law
Veto Power
The highest point in Massachusetts
Mt. Greylock