The Bill of Rights

What Amendment says that Congress shall make no law against the establishment of religion?

• 1st amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

Religious freedom protects people's right to live, speak, and act according to their beliefs peacefully and publicly. It protects their ability to be themselves at work, in class, and at social activities. Religious freedom is more than the “freedom to worship” at a synagogue, church, or mosque.

What amendment says the government can take my property with compensation?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

The Constitution protects property rights through the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments’ Due Process Clauses and, more directly, through the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause: “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” There are two basic ways government can take property: (1) outright, by condemning the property and taking title; and (2) through regulations that take uses, leaving the title with the owner — so‐​called regulatory takings.

What amendment says during wartime soldiers can stay in our houses as long as Congress passes an act allowing it?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

Before American independence, the colonists were ruled by the British. In 1765, the British government passed something called the Quartering Act.

The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If barracks were not available, the soldiers could live in inns, stables, or uninhabited houses and barns.

What amendment says we have more rights than what is written in the Constitution?

• 6th Amendment

• 7th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Answer explanation

The Ninth Amendment explains that people’s rights are not limited only to the rights that are listed in the Constitution. People have additional rights that are not included.

Which amendment allows each state to create it own health care and education system?

• 6th Amendment

• 7th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Answer explanation

The Tenth Amendment prevents the federal government from trying to expand its powers beyond the powers granted by the Constitution. If a power is not granted, it belongs to the states or the people.

Which amendment says I have to be read my rights before I am arrested?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

What two amendments say that a jury of our peers must give us a trial?

• 1st & 2nd Amendments

• 4th & 5th Amendments

• 6th & 7th Amendments

• 9th & 10th Amendments

Answer explanation

The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to a fair trial. It ensures defendants are brought to trial soon after they are charged, their trials are held in public, they have a fair and impartial jury, they can confront the witnesses against them, and they can compel potentially helpful witnesses to appear and testify.

The Seventh Amendment extends many of the same rights to litigants in civil cases.

Which amendment says the bail for a crime must match the crime a person is being accused of?

• 6th Amendment

• 7th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Which amendment says I have the right to protect myself with a gun?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

People believed that governments sometimes used armies to control their own people. They believed the federal government should only be able to put together an army when fighting against a foreign enemy.

The rest of the time, protection should be up to militias. Militias would be made up of regular citizens using their own weapons.

However, militias had not done so well against the British. So, the Constitutional Convention decided that the federal government had the power to establish an army, even during peacetime.

ome people worried that this took away the right of the states to defend themselves. The Second Amendment was a compromise that allowed states to keep their militias and individuals to keep their guns.

What amendment requires law enforcement to have a warrant if they want to search my property if they do not have probable cause?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Answer explanation

he Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures.

It means that the government can’t enter private homes or search private property without a warrant and a good reason for conducting the search.

When the British government still ruled over the American colonies, they wanted to collect as much money from the colonies as possible. This upset the colonists.

To get around British customs taxes, colonists began smuggling goods and avoiding British tax collectors and agents. Of course, this upset the British government.

Parliament and the King began using “writs of assistance.” These were very general search warrants that could be used to search any property. Customs agents could enter any home without warning and without providing a reason.

Searches and seizures of private property based on general warrants became common in the colonial era.

The Fourth Amendment was designed to guard against this and protect the freedom and right to privacy of individuals.