Bill of Rights STAAR Review

Which Amendment protects a persons right to cruel and unusual punishments?

• Amendment 1
• Amendment 8
• Amendment 10

Amendment 1 protects a person's right to

• A trial by jury in civil cases
• Right to beat arms
• Freedom of Assembly, Press, Speech, Religion and Petition

Amendment 2 protects a persons right to?

• Bear Arms
• States' rights
• Not Quarter troops

Which Amendment protects a persons right to a speedy trial? 

• Amendment 4
• Amendment 6
• Amendment 8

Amendment 4 protects a person's right to?

• Bear Arms
• More rights than are in the Constitution
• No unreasonable search and seizures

Which Amendment protects a persons rights that are not listed in the Constitution?

• Amendment 1
• Amendment 7
• Amendment 9

The FBI shows up at your house and arrests. You go straight to federal prison for 15 years without ever having a trial or knowing what you were charged with. What Amendment protects you from this?

• 18th Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 5th Amendment

Which Amendment protects you from having your fingernails pulled off while detained in a tub of electric jellyfish for a crime you have committed?

• 3rd Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 10th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

A person decides to write a petition to stop a waste water treatment center from building near his/her town. What amendment are they exercising?

• 1st Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 7th Amendment
• 2nd Amendment

After being accused of a crime, a judge decides you should have to wait in jail for 3 years before he will be able to hear your case/trial.
What Amendment says that this is not okay?

• 6th Amendment
• 1st Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 12th Amendment