Bill of Rights Quiz

You have the right to practice whatever religion you choose or no religion at all. The government can’t make rules that show that they prefer a particular faith. You have the right to speak about your opinions and ideas. You can do so in public or to the press. You can do so even if your ideas are unpopular. You may gather peacefully with other people.

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

You have the right to keep ordinary weapons.

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

The government cannot force you to have soldiers in your home or on your property at all.

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

The police have to have a reason to search you or your stuff. They need to have probable cause or a warrant. This means that they’re pretty sure they’ll find some evidence of a crime.

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

If you’ve been tried for a crime, and found guilty or innocent, you cannot be retried for the same crime. You can’t be forced to testify against yourself. You have the right to a trial before you’re found guilty. The government can only take away your land if they are using it for the public in general. For instance, if the government wants to build a school, or a road, or a governmental building, they can take your land from you. They still have to pay you for the use of that land.

• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment

If you’ve been accused of a crime, you have to be told of the charges against you. Your trial has to be “speedy.” The government can’t hold you in jail for an extended amount of time. You have a right to a lawyer. Your trial should also be held in public. Finally, the jury picked for your trial must be fair and not biased against you.

• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment

In all federal civil cases you have the right to have a jury at your trial.

• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

If you are found guilty of a crime, the judge cannot sentence you to “cruel or unusual” punishments. Also, after you’re arrested for a crime, you’re generally released after you pay a bail. The bail needs to match the crime.

• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

You have other rights. Not all of your rights are listed in the Constitution.

• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 10th Amendment

Any rights not specifically granted to Congress are left for the states and the people of those states.

• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 10th Amendment