Preamble, Bill of Rights, and Other Amendments

What does "We The People" mean?

• people give power to government

• government gives power to people

• power comes from God or gods

• rights cannot be taken away

Articles to the Constitution are/were...

• different sections

• written in 1787

• written by the Framers

• seven total

What do the Articles of the Constitution establish?

• rights that cannot be taken away

• freedoms that include speech and assembly

• provide a framework for government

• individual rights for citizens

"We The People" means that the United States will be a democracy. How does the constitution uphold this idea?

• citizens elect members to the House of Representatives every two years

• allowing the House of Representatives to conduct impeachment

• the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review

• making changes to the document impossible to achieve

Which protection does the Fifth Amendment offer?

• protection against unplanned and unnecessary searches

• keeping citizens from allowing soldiers into their homes

• right to own weapons and protect themselves

• making it so the government has to follow fair procedures before punishing individuals

The following is a scenario.

A citizen has to keep a firearm as part of his/her job. The local government enacts a law forbidding anyone not in the military from keeping a firearm.

Which amendment has the local government violated?

• First Amendment, right to speech

• Third Amendment, protection from soldiers in homes

• Second Amendment, protection of individuals right to firearms

• Tenth Amendment, some power belong to the states or the people

The following is a scenario.

A local government wants to purchase privately owned homes to build a new business district. The district will create new jobs. Some of the owners do not want to sell their homes.

Under which amendment is the government given the power to purchase the home?

• Fifth Amendment, Eminent domain

• Sixth Amendment, right to speedy trial

• Seventh Amendment, right to civil trial

• Ninth Amendment, right to privacy

Amendments 15, 19, 24, and 26 concern voting rights for different groups. In what way can these amendments influence social and individual actions?

• each guarantees suffrage and protects the right to vote

• each allows different groups to become part of government

• each allows a greater voice in our democracy

• each allows more groups of people to give power to government