Amendments of the Constitution

Which 5 rights are granted by the 1st amendment?

• speech, shelter, liberty, food, wealth

• speech, press, assembly, religion, petition

• speech, voting, shelter, civil rights, happiness

To "petition" means to

• ask your government to do or change something

• stop shopping somewhere because you don't agree with something they are doing

• select the person you want to be president from a ballot

The 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms, means the right to have

• peace

• freedom

• guns

Colonists wanted the right to bear arms to protect themselves from

• home intruders

• the government

• wild animal attacks

You cannot be forced to admit to a crime.

• True

• False

If you are on trial, you are not allowed to choose witnesses in a court of law.

• True

• False

Before the 6th amendment, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the government was allowed to leave you in jail waiting for trial for a long time.

• True

• False

The 13th amendment, which abolished (got rid of) _____________, made it so that everyone in the country was free.

• drinking

• slavery

• voting

Not everyone in America wanted to free the slaves.

• True

• False

If a baby is born in America, are they an American citizen?

• Yes

• No