Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech

Question 2

2nd Amendment (advocated by Thomas Jefferson for religious freedom)

Answer 2

Right to keep and bear arms

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

Right not to quarter soldiers

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

Protection form illegal search and seizure ( police must have a proper warrant)

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

• Indictment by a grand jury before a trail
• Protection form self- incrimination
• Cannot be tried for the same crime twice (Double Jeopardy)
• Due process of law before punishment is invoked
• Right to own private property

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

• Right to speedy, public trial with a impartial jury
• Right to have witnesses and to cross- examine hostile witnesses
• Right to have an attorney at every stage in the criminal process

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

Right to trail by jury in civil cases heard by federal courts

Question 8

8th Amendments

Answer 8

No excessive bail and no cruel or unusual punishment

Question 9

9th Amendment

Answer 9

“unenumerated rights” - reserves rights to the people that are not listed in the Constitution

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

Reserves powers that are not listed in the Constitution to the states