This is .prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution; includes torture or other forms of punishment too severe for the crime committed.

This is a protection found in the 5th amendment. It means that a defendant can't be prosecuted for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried.

This means the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, so that they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rights protected.

What is the right of the government to take private property for public use? The Fifth Amendment requires that people be paid fairly (compensated) for their property if it is taken by the government.

What is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion, and from interfering with freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, or petition?

What is the right of a person to refuse to testify under oath in a court of law because the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense?

What is the process by which police who suspect that a crime has been committed do a search of a person's property and collect evidence?

Suffrage means the right to vote.

What is a trial in which the issue is determined by a judge and a jury?

According to the Ninth Amendment, any right that is not

specifically addressed in the Constitution still may be protected. These are called ________.

Mike is in his house watching television when two policemen knock at the door. They accuse Mike of

having stolen property, enter the house, and take several things that they say do not belong to Mike. When

he asks if the policemen have permission to take his things, they just laugh and leave with the property.

Which amendment protects Mike?

What right is being applied when police inform their suspects of their rights?

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to

Which action would be protected by the First Amendment?

In recent newspaper articles, journalists have written that the current governor of New York should step down from his position and leave office The journalist can get in trouble for writing bad things about the governor.

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution was to

Throughout our history why have amendments been added to the Constitution?

It is difficult to amend the constitution because the framers wanted to make sure _____.

A tax of a fixed amount per persons that had to be paid before the person could vote.

What is a grant of Bail?

When the States transitioned to the Federal system, what powers did they keep for themselves?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote? It's also called women's suffrage.

Which amendment did people not have to pay a tax, called a poll tax, in order to vote?

What amendment set the national voting age at 18?

Which amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves?

Under the 15th Amendment, what two things did all men have to do to vote?

After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

The 19th amendment went through several votes in the House and Senate but was finally _____________ (legally approved) in the year 1920

The ______amendment was passed in the year 1971 and set the national voting age to be 18