First Amendment | Bill of Rights | Other Amendments | Civil Rights | Vocabulary |
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Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Name the five rights granted to us by the first Amendment
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10
How many amendments make up the BIll of Rights?
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Women
What group of people were granted suffrage in 1920?
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Segregation
The social separation of races is called __________.
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Put on trial again for the same crime after you were found not guilty
What is Double Jeopardy?
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Slander is spoken, Libel is written
What is the difference between slander and libel?
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Search Warrant
What does a police officer normally need to search a person's home?
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Slavery
The 13th Amendment outlawed _______________ in 1865.
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Vary
Give three examples of what Blacks did to fight for equality.
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Free points
Free Points
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Answers will vary
Give an example of how our first amendment rights are limited
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment
What does the 8th Amendment protect you from?
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Buy and sell alcohol
The 18th Amendment made it illegal to do what?
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Discrimination
Treating an individual or a group unfairly because of race, religion, or gender is called ________________.
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Suffrage
What is the vocabulary word that means the right to vote?
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Have the right to request the government to fix or change something
What does it mean to have the right to petition?
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vary
Give one right the fifth amendment gives us.
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Poll Taxes
In 1964 the 24th Amendment eliminated _________________. No has to pay to vote anymore.
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Over 100 years
How long after the CIvil War did it take African Americans to gain their full civil rights?
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Prohibition
What is the era called when Alcohol was banned?
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Censorship
Banning printed materials because they contain alarming or offensive ideas is called ___________.
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vary
Give one right the sixth amendment gives us.
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21 to 18
The 26th Amendment changed the voting age from what to what?
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Affirmative Action programs
What programs try to make up for past discrimination?
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Government can not take our property without adequate compensation
We have laws protecting us from Eminent Domain. What does this mean?
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