preview 11-6-14 in your group… match the amendment to the bill of rights. use the reading and...

Preview 11-6-14

• In your group…• Match the amendment to the Bill of Rights.• Use the reading and pictures to help

Constitution Test Study Guide

• Federalist• Anti-Federalist• Constitution• FLIPRCS

• Bill of Rights• First 10 Amendments• Amendment Process

2nd Amendment

• The right to bear arms (own a weapon)• Some argue the meaning of this amendment

3rd Amendment

• May not force citizens to put up troops in their homes

• Reaction to the Quartering Act prior to the American Revolution

4th Amendment

• Protects Americans from unlawful searches of home or property

5th Amendment

• Cannot self-incriminate, or be forced to testify in one’s own trial– “pleading the Fifth”– Today police must give “Miranda

warning” to people be arrested• Cannot be re-tried of a crime– Double jeopardy

6th Amendment

• Right to a speedy and public trial• Be informed of nature of the crime• Right to an attorney

7th Amendment

• Civil Case: non criminal trial (usually for money)

• Right to a jury trial• Cannot be retried (double jeopardy)

8th Amendment

• Judge can’t set excessive bail• No “cruel and unusual punishment”

9th Amendment

• People have rights not listed specifically in the previous amendments

• Example: Supreme Court ruled a woman has a right to privacy concerning abortion (Roe v. Wade)

10th Amendment

• The states have rights not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights Scenarios• Group Activity • Read the scenario.• Choose which Bill of Rights would

fit the scenario.