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The Bill of Rights Overview

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  • The Bill of Rights were ratified in what year?
    1776
    1789
    1791
    1803
  • Right to a fair trial with access to a lawyer.
    1st Amendment
    2nd Amendment
    3rd Amendment
    6th Amendment
  • Which amendment stops government from forcing people to house and feed soldiers in their homes?
    First Amendment
    Third Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Eighth Amendment
  • Which amendment protects us from being forced to testify against ourselves or our wife/husband?
    First Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Fifth Amendment
    Second Amendment
  • The ___________ amendment protects news media and allows them to report the truth to us.
    First
    Fourth
    Third
    Second
  • Which amendment protects our rights to own a gun to protect ourselves?
    Second Amendment
    Tenth Amendment
    First Amendment
    Ninth Amendment
  • The police cannot fine me $1,000,000,000 for a speeding ticket because of the _____ amendment.
    Fifth Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Second Amendment
    Eighth Amendment
  • Jim spent 9 years waiting in jail for his trial for stealing a hammer. This violated which amendment?
    4th
    8th
    2nd
    6th
  • Which Amendment says that you cannot be tried again for the same crime?
    Sixth Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Fifth Amendment
    First Amendment
  • Which amendment says that the government cannot force people to join a religion?
    Tenth Amendment
    Second Amendment
    First Amendment
    Ninth Amendment
  • Which amendment says that trials must be public, NOT in secret?
    Sixth
    Fourth
    Second
    Eighth
  • Which amendment declares that people also have rights not mentioned in the Constitution?
    Ninth Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Tenth Amendment
    Eighth Amendment
  • I was wearing a shirt promoting a mayoral candidate and the police said I had to change
    2nd Amendment - Right to own a gun
    1st Amendment - States rights
    1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech and Expression
    4th Amendment - Freedom from illegal searches
  • Jackie and her friends want to have a peaceful protest in the park. Which amendment allows this
    Ninth Amendment
    Third Amendment
    First Amendment
    Seventh Amendment
  • Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?
    Fifth Amendment
    Fifth Amendment
    Sixth Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
  • The right to criticize the government is protected by the ______ amendment.
    Second
    Fourth
    First
    Eighth
  • Which amendment protects the rights of people who have already been convicted of a crime?
    Eighth Amendment
    Third Amendment
    Fourth Amendment
    Fifth Amendment
  • The First Amendment protects our right to freedom of ________________.
    Religion
    Speech
    Gun Ownership
    Voting
  • Which amendment allows you the right to have a jury even in a civil case?
    First Amendment
    Eighth Amendment
    Second Amendment
    Seventh Amendment
  • State's rights and powers are further explained by the _____ amendment.
    Ninth
    Tenth
    Fifth
    Sixth