**Government / Bill of Rights**

Question 1

The Bill of Rights

Answer 1

The first ten amendments of the Constitution that lay out the most important rights that our government cannot violate.
-Limit the power of the government

Question 2

First Amendment

Answer 2

Protects our freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, peaceful assembly

Question 3

Second Amendment

Answer 3

Protects our right to bear arms (own a gun)

Question 4

Fourth Amendment

Answer 4

Protects us from unreasonable or unwarranted searches by the government.

Question 5

Fifth Amendment

Answer 5

• Protects you from being forced to be a witness against yourself
• From being tried more than once for the same crime if you are found not guilty at trial
• From being deprived of life, liberty or property without due process
• From self-incrimination
• “Right to remain silent”

Question 6

Sixth Amendment

Answer 6

• Protects your right to be tried by a jury of your peers

- Have a lawyer act in your defense

Question 7

Eighth Amendment

Answer 7

Protects us from cruel and unusual punishment

Question 8

Tenth Amendment

Answer 8

Any powers not given to the federal government, or expressly denied to the states, will be reserved to the states. “States’ Rights”

Question 9

Branches of government

Answer 9

• Legislative (Congress)
• Judicial (Supreme Court)
• Executive (President)

Question 10

“Limited government”

Answer 10

The government is not all powerful