Mrs. Atkinson Test
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- What does the 14th Amendment do?
- full citizenship to all African Americans
- What is civil right?
- guaranteed to all U.S citizens
- 26th Amendment
- Lowered the voting age to 18 in all elections
- What is a citizen duty?
- have to pay taxes
- 23rd Amendment
- Gave citizens in Washington D.C the right to vote for president and Vice-President
- Press
- Freedom to express our ideas in writing. Including newspapers, books, and magazines in print and online
- Petition
- the right to ask the government to address your countries.
- 10th Amendment
- Powers not given to the american gov't are given to the states or the people
- Changes in Voting 1870-1971
- 6 constitutional amendment extended suffrage
- 24th Amendment
- money paid in order to register to vote. Banned the use of poll taxes as requirement for voting in national election
- eminent domain
- power to take private property for public law
- #1: 6th Amendment
- right to a prompt and public jury trial
- What is suffrage
- the right to vote
- Sixth Amendment
- be informed of charges against you, call witness on own behalf, councel, speedy and public trail
- What does the 4th Amendment do?
- Protect citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures
- Tenth Amendment
- Powers not delegated to the federal court gov't are reserved to the states or ppl.
- What is a search warrant?
- A document that describes the place to be search and people or items to be seized
- Separation of church and state
- clear division between gov't and religion
- What are the responsibilities?
- You must know your own rights
- Speech
- Freedom to express ideas/opinions openly.
- What are the responsibilities?
- taking part in the government
- 13th Amendment
- Abolished slavery
- #2: 6th Amendment
- must be informed of charges against you
- 17th Amendment
- direct election of senators (previously chosen by state legislators
- Assembly
- freedom to hold meetings to discuss problems or criticize government
- Extending Voting Rights Colonial Times
- White men owning property
- #3: 6th Amendment
- right to an attorney
- What is a citizen duty?
- Jury Duty
- What does abolished mean
- to get rid of
- 7th Amendment
- Provides for a trial by jury in certain kinds of cases involving money or property
- What is a citizen duty?
- Obeying law
- Eighth Amendment
- Protection against cruel and unusal punishment, bail
- double jeopardy
- Cannot be tried for the same crime twice
- What does the 14th Amendment do?
- gave all citizens equal protection under law
- What is a citizen duty?
- You have to go to school at least until you are 16
- Why did the founding Fathers add the 2nd amendment?
- to ensure that state militias would continue as an armed mean of defense
- Who did state and local law prevent from voting
- Women, African Americans, Poor ppl
- due process law
- person cannot be punished for a crime until the law has been fairly applied to his/her case
- What does the 3rd Amendment do?
- Prohibits soldiers coming into your house w/o permission
- What is a citizen duty?
- limited by law to a certain amount per household ww2
- What are the responsibilities?
- You must vote
- Without a warrant how can searches be legal?
- must have probable cause
- 15th Amendment
- Stated that no one could be denied suffrage b/c of race or color
- 19th Amendment
- Gave women the right to vote
- Religion
- The Freedom of Practice any religion or no religion at all
- #5: 6th Amendment
- right to provide your own witnesses
- What does the 2nd Amendment do?
- gives us the right to own/carry weapons
- What are the responsibilities?
- Respecting and protecting others
- What is the limit to the freedom of speech?
- cannot use these rights in away that will physically harm someone
- Ninth Amendment
- no this is wrong
- #4: 6th Amendment
- right to Q's all witness against you
- What is a citizen duty?
- Require men of certain age and qualifications to serve in military
- 8th Amendment
- Forbids cruel and unusual punishment
- What is bail?
- Money or property that the accused gives the court to hold
- Fifth Amendment
- self incrimination, double jeopardy, due process, eminent domain, grand jury review
- What is the limit to the assembly
- must be peaceful
- Seventh Amendment
- no this is wrong
- self incrimination
- protects from (testifying against one self)
- What does the 14th Amendment do?
- no state can take away a person life, liberty, or property without due process of law
- 9th Amendment
- People right are not limited to what is in the constitution
- Why did the founding father add the 3rd Amendments
- they had experienced this being done by the british and did not like it