Chapter 9

Question 1

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 1

The first 10 amendmants

Question 2

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 2

An amendment to the Constitution has to be approved by 75% of the state’s legislature after it has been approved by over 50% of congress. For a new Law, Congress has to approve it by 50% for it to become a law. A bill is only a suggestion by someone to become a law.

Question 3

What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?

Answer 3

Bill of Rights

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 4

The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 5

All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment.

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1
st
Amendment protect?

Answer 6

Freedom of speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Press, and Freedom of petition

Question 7

What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)

Answer 7

Personal privacy, everyones rights to be free, etc.

Question 8

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 8

5th amendment

Question 9

What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?

Answer 9

6th amendment

Question 10

Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?

Answer 10

George Washington and John Adams