Amendments and bill of rights

Question 1

Amendment 2

Answer 1

Right to bear arms

Congress does not have the right to keep people from owning or carrying guns.

Question 2

Amendment 3

Answer 2

Quartering troops
No soldier, during peacetime can be forced into the homes of private citizens and during wartime citizens must be compensated if soldiers stay in their homes.

Question 3

Amendment 4

Answer 3

Search and seizure

A proper search warrant must be issued by a judge effort a person’s home, papers and personal effects may be search.

Question 4

Amendment 5

Answer 4

Rights of accused person

1. ) Before being tried for a serious criminal act, a person must have first been indicted by a grand jury
2. ) no person may be subjected to double jeopardy
3. ) no person may be forced to testify against him or herself ( right to remain silent
4. ) no person may be deprived for life, liberty or property without due to process of law
5. ) private property may not be taken from a person without the government paying a fair price for it ( eminent domain)

Question 5

Amendment 6

Answer 5

Right to a speedy, public trial

1. ) you have a right to a fair and speedy trial
2. ) you have a right to an impartial jury of your peers
3. ) you must be notifies of the charges against you
4. ) you have the right to face your accuser and you have the right to subpoena a witness to testify at your trial
5. ) you have the right to an attorney

Question 6

Amendment 7

Answer 6

Trial by jury in civil cases

You have a right to a trial by jury, if you so choose, if the value of the criminal act exceeds 20 dollars

Question 7

Amendment 8

Answer 7

Limits of fines and punishment
Excessive bail shall not be allowed
Excessive fines shall not be imposed
Cruel and unusual punishments shall not be allowed

Question 8

Amendment 9

Answer 8

Rights of the people
All rights cannot be listed in the constitution; but because they aren’t listed does not mean they are not protected by law

Question 9

Amendment 10

Answer 9

Powers not specifically set aside for the federal government automatically go to the states and the people

Question 10

Amendment 1

Answer 10

Freedom of speech
Freedom of assemble
Freedom of religion
Freedom of petition

Question 11

What is the bill of rights

Answer 11

The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It shows the rights that the United States has.

Question 12

Why was the bill of rights created

Answer 12

The bill of rights was written in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties.