amendments

Question 1

first amendment

Answer 1

guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices

Question 2

second amendment

Answer 2

right of the people to keep and bear Arms

Question 3

third amendment

Answer 3

restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime

Question 4

fourth amendment

Answer 4

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures; government must obtain a warrant

Question 5

fifth amendment

Answer 5

• grand jury: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless indictment of a Grand Jury
• can’t be tried for the same offence twice
• no self-incrimination: you have the right to remain silent
• compensation must be given if your stuff Is taken

Question 6

sixth amendment

Answer 6

Guarantees defendants the right to:
- a speedy, public trial
- Right to see witnesses against you; right to bring witnesses in your favor
- Right to an impartial jury
- Right to an attorney
- Effective legal representation

Question 7

eighth amendment

Answer 7

• no excessive bail
• no excessive fines
• no cruel or unusual punishment

Question 8

ninth amendment

Answer 8

• enumerated rights: all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government

Question 9

thirteenth amendment

Answer 9

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction; Schenck v U.S.

Question 10

fifteenth amendment

Answer 10

prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen’s right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Question 11

fourteenth amendment

Answer 11

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws