Bill of Rights | More Bills, More Rights | Civil Rights | Citizenship | Stump's Stumpers |
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What is 1st Amendment
Freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly.
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What is 2nd Amendment
Right for states to maintain a militia and for individuals to bear firearms.
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What is Women’s Suffrage
The 19th Amendment granted this right.
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What is Citizen
A member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled full civil rights.
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What is 60%
To pass the American Civics Test, a noncitizen must achieve this score.
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What is 3rd Amendment
Right that prevents the quartering of soldiers in private homes.
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What is 5th Amendment
Can only be tried for a crime if indicted; cannot be subjected to double jeopardy; protection against self-incrimination; due process of law; eminent domain.
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What is 14th Amendment
This amendment granted birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law.
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What is Alien
Foreign-born resident or noncitizen.
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What is Due Process
The principle that the government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does.
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What is 4th Amendment
Right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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What is 8th Amendment
Right against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
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What is Voting Rights Act
This 1965 law protected the right of minority voters by outlawing the use of unfair voting requirements.
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What is Deportation
A legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the country.
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What is Indictment
A formal complaint before a grand jury which charges the accused with one or more crimes.
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What is 7th Amendment
Right to a trial by jury in a civil case (no criminal charges).
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What is 6th Amendment
Right to a speedy and public trial with an impartial jury.
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What is Affirmative Action
A policy that requires most employers to take positive action to remedy the effects of past discrimination.
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What is Naturalization
The legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another.
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What is Gerrymandering
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group.
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What is 10th Amendment
Powers not granted to the U.S. by the Constitution are given to the states and to the people.
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What is 9th Amendment
The civil rights and liberties listed in the Constitution do not limit other natural rights held by the people.
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What is De Jure Segregation
The Jim Crow laws were an example of this type of segregation.
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What is Jus Sanguinis
Gaining citizenship because one of your parents is a U.S. citizen is an example of this.
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What is Two-Thirds, Three-Fourths
In the formal amendment process, a proposed amendment must be approved by this amount of all votes in each house of Congress and ratified by this amount of state legislatures.
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