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Krise Bill of Rights
Review for test on the Bill of Rights
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Right to express one's opinions in public | Freedom of Speech |
| People cannot be tried for the same crime twice | Double Jeopardy |
| Convention | An assembly |
| The way in which changes are added to the Constitution. | Amendment Process |
| All amendments found in the Constitution today were proposed by who? | Congress |
| James Madison's reason to prepare the Bill of Rights quickly. | To earn the People's trust |
| Why does the amendment process take such a long time? | It needs to win broad support |
| When people disagree with something and they write letters to the government to complain. | Right to Petition |
| Individual rights are not limited to those found in the Constitution. | Ninth Amendment |
| The first amendment protects (the five freedoms) | Individual rights |
| Which group wanted the Bill of Rights to be added. | Anti-Federalists |
| unlawful search and seizure | 4th Amendment |
| The Miranda Warning explains a persons rights under the | Fifth Amendment |
| The right to bear arms | Second Amendment |
| In favor of a strong central government | Federalists |
| Created two houses in Congress. | Great Compromise |
| Helped determine representation in Congress in the South | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Explains what the Constitution is going to do. | Preamble |
| The part of the Constitution that discusses the Legislative Branch | Article One |
| The part of the Constitution that discusses the Executive Branch | Article Two |
| The part of the Constitution that discusses the Judicial Branch | Article Three |
| The Constitution did not become the "Law of the Land" until this happened. | Ratified |
| Counted slaves as only a "part" of a human being. | Three Fifths Compromise |