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Bill of rights
Studying For Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four powers of the First Amendment? | 1.Right to practice whatever religion you choose. b) Right to freedom of speech and of the press. c)Right to peacefully assemble and petition. |
| What can the government not do because of the First Amendment? | a)...try to get you to support a religion, or stop you from being part of a religion you chose. b)...keep you from expressing or publishing your ideas c)...stop you from meeting peacefully for a demonstration to ask the government to change something. |
| What are the rights of the second amendment? What can the government not do? | a)The right to bear Arms. b)Congress can't stop people from buying and owning weapons so they can defend the country. |
| What are the rights in the third amendment? what can the government not do? | a) Right to say no to letting a soldier stay in your house. b)Cant force people to keep soldiers in their houses, except if a war breaks out, and then only if the Congress passes it. |
| What are the rights of the fourth amendment? | a)Right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. |
| What can the government not due because of the fourth amendment? | Government cannot search you or your private property (e.g. your house, papers)unless they can convince a judge that they have a reasonable amount of evidence linking you to a crime. |
| What are the rights of the Fifth Amendment? | a)Cannot be tried twice for the same crime. b)Cannot be forced to act as a witness against yourself c)Your property cannot be taken without "due process" of the law. |
| What can the government not do because of the fifth amendment? | a)...put you on trail for a serious crime without a special jury concluding that there is enough evidence to justify a trial. b)..try you twice for the exact same crime if they have already found you not guilty. |
| What else can the government not due because of the fifth amendment? | c)...force you to testify against yourself. d)...take away your life,freedom, or property in an unfair manner. e)...take your private property unless the government pays you fairly for it. |
| What are the rights of the sixth amendment? | a)Speedy trial b)public trial by an impartial jury. c)assistance of counsel in their defense/lawyer. |
| What are the rights of the seventh amendment? | a)A jury trial in suits involving property valued above $20.00. |
| What are the rights of the eighth amendment? | a)Protects citizens from excessive bail or fines. b)freedom from cruel and unusual punishments. |
| What is the right of the ninth amendment? | a)If a right is not specifically listed in the constitution, it does not mean that the right is denied to the people. |
| What is the right of the tenth amendment? | a)The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the states or to the people. |
| What can the government not do because of the eighth amendment? | a)The government cannot make a person pay a ridiculous amount of money as a punishment (fines) or to get out of jail until their trail comes up (bail). b)The government also cannot punish those who are guilty in unusually cruel ways. |
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