Unit 3 Vocabulary- Civil Rights and Liberties

Bill of Rights

• outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution

First Amendment

• 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

• Right to bear arms

Second Amendment

• No quartering of soldiers

• Right to keep and bear arms

Third Amendment

• prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against themselves.

• No quartering of soldiers

Fourth Amendment

• Protects against unreasonable search and seizure

• Right to a speedy and public trial

Fifth Amendment

• prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against themselves.

• Right to a trial by jury in civil cases

Double Jeopardy

• When a person wins a jeopardy round.

• the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense.

Sixth Amendment

• Right to a speedy and public trial

• People's rights are not limited to those listed in the Constitution

Seventh Amendment

• No cruel and unusual punishment and no excessive bail

• Right to a trial by jury in civil cases

Eighth Amendment

• No cruel and unusual punishment and no excessive bail

• People's rights are not limited to those listed in the Constitution