Bill of Rights

5. The process of making changes or additions to a legal document.
8. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms.
9. Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
10. Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
11. Changes or additions made to a legal document or constitution.
14. A fraction often used to describe the required majority for certain legislative actions, such as amending the Constitution.
16. The power or right to act, speak, or think without hindrance or restraint.
18. The fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.
19. Amendment Established the prohibition of alcohol.
20. A fraction often used to describe the required majority of states needed to ratify an amendment to the Constitution.
21. States that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage others retained by the people.
26. A change or addition to a legal or statutory document.
27. Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
28. A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or amending an existing one.
29. Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

1. Opponents of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution who advocated for a decentralized governmental structure.
2. The expression of thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
3. Granted women the right to vote.
4. A document that is continually edited and updated.
6. Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.
7. Provides the right to due process and protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
12. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
13. A distinct section of a legal document or constitution.
15. Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.
17. Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
22. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.
23. A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
24. States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
25. Protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.