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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

This is .prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution; includes torture or other forms of punishment too severe for the crime committed.

• cruel and unusual punishment

• double jeopardy

• eminent domain

• suffrage

This is a protection found in the 5th amendment. It means that a defendant can't be prosecuted for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried.

• double jeopardy

• cruel and unusual punishment

• right to bear arms

• unenumerated rights

This means the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, so that they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rights protected.

• cruel and unusual punishment

• due process

• pleading the Fifth

• suffrage

What is the right of the government to take private property for public use? The Fifth Amendment requires that people be paid fairly (compensated) for their property if it is taken by the government.

• cruel and unusual punishment

• double jeopardy

• eminent domain

• search and seizure

What is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion, and from interfering with freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, or petition?

• 1st amendment

• 3rd amendment

• 7th amendment

• 10th amendment

What is the right of a person to refuse to testify under oath in a court of law because the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense?

• pleading the Fifth

• suffrage

• right to legal counsel

• due process

What is the process by which police who suspect that a crime has been committed do a search of a person's property and collect evidence?

• search and seizure

• double jeopardy

• cruel and unusual punishment

Suffrage means the right to vote.

• True

• False

What is a trial in which the issue is determined by a judge and a jury?

• trial by jury

• trial by due process

• pleading the Fifth