Amendments

Question 1

amendment 1

Answer 1

-congress isn’t allowed to make a national church

Question 2

what are the 5 guarantees of personal liberties (amendment 1)

Answer 2

freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and freedom to petition the gov for redress of grievances- freedom to ask the gov to remedy injustices

Question 3

amendment 2

Answer 3

• right to bear arms
• a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

Question 4

amendment 3

Answer 4

• quartering of soldiers
• no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of the war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law

Question 5

amendment 4

Answer 5

• search and arrest
• guarantees freedom against “unreasonable searches and seizures” of persons. Houses, papers and possessions. Under British colonial rule, officers were authorized to enter and search homes and places of business indiscriminately

Question 6

what must officials have to be able to authorize a search/seizure

Answer 6

a warrant/ order issued by a court

Question 7

a ______ for search/seizure is issued only upon reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed

Answer 7

warrant

Question 8

a warrant for search/ seizure must describe what

Answer 8

the place to be searched or the person or things to be seized

Question 9

what is amendment 5

Answer 9

• rights in criminal cases
• no person can be held for a serious crime without indictment by a grand jury. A grand jury investigates charges to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify trial. The provision doesn’t apply to members of armed forces, who are subject to the authority of military courts

Question 10

what is indictment

Answer 10

formal accusation

Question 11

no person acquitted (not guilty) of a crime can be tried again for the same crime

Answer 11

Double Jeopardy

Question 12

no person can be compelled to testify against himself or herself in any criminal case

Answer 12

“plead the fifth”

Question 13

no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without ______

Answer 13

due process of law

Question 14

due process of law means

Answer 14

a fairly and legally conducted court trial in which the laws are interpreted constitutionally

Question 15

private property can not be taken for public use without

Answer 15

just payment

Question 16

the gov ability to take private property for public use

Answer 16

eminent domain

Question 17

amendment 6

Answer 17

-right to fair trial

Question 18

a person accused of a crime is guaranteed

amendment 6

Answer 18

• a speedy and public trial (9-12 months)
• an impartial trial by jury
• trial in state and district in which the crime was committed
• the right to be informed of the charges
• the right to have witnessed in his or her favor
• the tight to counsel of defense. if the accused has no lawyer for a defense, the state will provide one

Question 19

amendment 7

Answer 19

• right in civil cases

- a civil suit case is a legal consent in which one party