Bill Of Rights

Question 1

What are the Five Freedoms of the first amendment?

Answer 1

• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of Assembly
• Freedom of Press
• Freedom of Petition

Question 2

What is an example of cruel and unusual punishment?

Answer 2

Punishment for a crime you committed must be fair and reasonable.

Question 3

What is eminent domain?

Answer 3

The government is able to take your home for government projects if they are payed correctly.

Question 4

If you are pleading the fifth, what does that mean?

Answer 4

They have the right to stay silent to make sure they do not testify against themselves.

Question 5

What does the right to bead arms mean?

Answer 5

You can own a weapon.

Question 6

What does it mean to have right to legal counsel?

Answer 6

You can have a counselor to represent you and defend you in court.

Question 7

What does it mean to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures?

Answer 7

The police can not search you without a warrant or probable cause.

Question 8

What is trial by jury?

Answer 8

Citizen can have a trial with a jury of their peers to try their case.

Question 9

What are unenumerated rights?

Answer 9

We have rights that are implied but not written in the Constitution.

Question 10

What is due process?

Answer 10

The fair treatment that is equal to all- the same and makes sure that the law is being carried out correctly.

Question 11

What is double jeopardy?

Answer 11

You can not be tried twice for the same crime.

Question 12

What does the 10th amendment do?

Answer 12

Gives the states their powers that they can and can’t do.

Question 13

How does the 14th amendment define citizenship?

Answer 13

Anyone born or naturalized in the US is a citizen.

Question 14

What does equal protection under the law mean?

Answer 14

Everyone must be treated fairly.

Question 15

How did the 14th amendment change due process laws and affect states rights?

Answer 15

States were forced to have the same equal protection of everyone that is a US citizen.

Question 16

What are civil rights?

Answer 16

Rights that are political or social freedom of equality.

Question 17

What did the 13th amendment do?

Answer 17

Ended slavery in the US.

Question 18

What did the 15th amendment do and who was affected by it?

Answer 18

It outlawed the the states from preventing African Americans to vote. This gave them political empowerment.

Question 19

What happened after the 15th amendment that caused some African Americans to not be able to vote?

Answer 19

Some states passed taxes that had to be paid to be able to vote, so many could not afford to vote.

Question 20

What did the 24th amendment do, who was affected by it and how did change the political government?

Answer 20

This outlawed poll taxes, giving voting privileges to the poor and African Americans, giving their voice in political matters, changing the tide.

Question 21

What is the 19th amendment and who was affected by this?

Answer 21

The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote and gave them a voice politically?

Question 22

What was the 26th amendment and how did it change the political world?

Answer 22

This changed the voting age from 18 to 21, and made it so that the younger people had a voice in politics.

Question 23

What do all of the other amendments have in common?

Answer 23

They all have to do with fixing the equality of suffrage. The minority groups had political power that way.

Question 24

What happened in the result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 24

This outlawed racial discrimination. This took away “separate but equal” and helped African Americans have more rights.

Question 25

What happened after the Voting Rights act of 1965?

Answer 25

This outlawed the literacy tests and got rid of all racial discrimination in voting.

Question 26

What happened after the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

Answer 26

This got rid of all racial discrimination in all housing areas. Now African Americans could live wherever they wanted.