Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Restricts the lawmaking powers of Congress in the areas of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petitioning the government

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

the right to keep and bear arms

Question 3

3rd amendment

Answer 3

No forced quartering of troops in homes

Question 4

4th amendment

Answer 4

protects against unreasonable search and seizure and establishes the right to have warrants issued before an arrest or search

Question 5

5th amendment

Answer 5

right to a grand jury indictment in criminal cases, protection against double jeopardy and self incrimination, the right to due process fo law, and the right to just compensation when private property is taken for public

Question 6

6th amendment

Answer 6

protections during criminal prosecutions for a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury the right to confront witnesses, the right to compel favorable witnesses to testify in one’s defense, and the right to the assistance of defense counsel

Question 7

7th amendment

Answer 7

right to a trial by jury in certain civil suits

Question 8

8th amendment

Answer 8

protections against excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment

Question 9

9th amendment

Answer 9

protection of right not listed in the Constitution

Question 10

10th amendment

Answer 10

powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people