Additional Skill #2: The Bill of Rights and Expanding Democracy

Which amendment guarantees Americans right to bear arms (own weapons)

• Second Amendment

• First Amendment

• 27 Amendments

• Third Amendment

What does the Sixth Amendment say?

• It prevents the government from forcing citizens to shelter soldiers in their homes

• It discusses the need for search warrants

• It describes freedom to protest

• It outlines a right to a speedy public trial

Which amendment protects people from having to pay unreasonably high bail in order to be released from jail while awaiting trial?

• Eighth

• Second

• Fifth

• Fourth

Which amendment recognizes the Americans have rights that are not listed in the Constitution?

• Seventh

• Eighth

• Ninth

• None of them

1st Amendment

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops

2nd Amendment 

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops

3rd Amendment 

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops

4th Amendment 

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops

5th Amendment

• No self-incrimination

  No double jeopardy

  Due process

• The right to a jury trial in civil cases involving more than $20

• No cruel and unusual punishment

  No excessive bail

• The right to a fair, speedy and public trial in criminal cases.

  The right to a lawyer.

6th Amendment

• No self-incrimination

  No double jeopardy

  Due process

• The right to a jury trial in civil cases involving more than $20

• No cruel and unusual punishment

  No excessive bail

• The right to a fair, speedy and public trial in criminal cases.

  The right to a lawyer.