Use the Interactive Constitution to find the answers to the questions about the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
Which is not included in the first amendment?
Freedom to assemble
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Freedom to have weapons
What does the second amendment guarantee?
People have the right to form militias.
Militias are required.
People have the right to own weapons.
Only militias have the right to own weapons
The third amendment was most likely a strong reaction to...
the Revolutionary War.
the 1776 Quartering Act.
the confusion over various amendments.
the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
The first ten amendments of the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Of these first ten, which amendment guarantees individuals that in the event they are charged with a crime, they will be given due process?
4th
5th
6th
7th
The first ten amendments of the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Of these first ten, which guarantees individuals that their property cannot be searched or seized without a warrant supporting probable cause from a judge?
1st
4th
5th
9th
Based on the text from the fifth amendment, which of the following is the best defintion of probable cause?
A policy that governs whether a person is guilty or innocent
The idea that someone is probably guilty of a crime
A lack of evidence
Sufficient evidence for a warrant from a judge
The sixth amendment guarantees that those accused of a crime will have a(n) ___________________ to defend them
Which of the following amendments guarantees that those accused or convicted of a crime should not have cruel punishments imposed?
8th
7th
9th
10th
Which amendment guarantees that if a government takes away the property of an individual, fair compensation must be given (eminant domain)?
7th
9th
5th
3rd
Which amendment guarantees that those accused of a crime have a fair trial with an impartial jury?
4th
5th
6th
10th
In 1965, high school students from Des Moines, Iowa wore black arm bands in opposition to the Vietnam War. The school district prohibited them from wearing the arm bands, claiming they disrupted school. If you were an attorney for the students, which amendment would you claim was violated by the school district?
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
Those who oppose capital punishment for crimes (death penalty) would most likely claim it violates what amendment?
4th
8th
10th
7th
Which amendment guarantees that any power not given to the government within the Constitution, is granted to the states or the people?