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- 2. The _____________ Amendment says that no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (people should not have to give up their home to soldiers. It is their property.)
- 3. The _____________ Amendment says that Government can not search your belongings without a warrant.
- 5. The Seventh Amendment guarantees the right for a trial by _____________.
- 8. The _____________ Amendment states that you have rights that are not in the Constitution, but they exist.
- 9. The _____________ Amendment provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president.
- 12. Since the Bill of Rights were written, _____________ more amendments have been added.
- 14. The _____________ Amendment says that we have the freedom of speech, freedom to choose our own religion, peaceful protest, and the right to petition the Government.
- 16. The Eighth Amendment guarantees the right that excessive _____________ shall not be required.
- 17. The 27 amendments to the _____________ range from personal rights to procedural laws.
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- 1. James _____________ wrote the Bill of Rights.
- 4. The _____________ Amendment says that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the State respectively, or to the people.
- 6. The first Ten Amendments were known as the Bill of _____________.
- 7. The Fourteenth Amendment granted _____________ to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
- 10. The _____________ Amendment guarantees the rights to a Grand Jury, and states that you can not be tried for the same crime again.
- 11. The Eighteenth Amendment established the _____________ of alcohol in the United States.
- 13. The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy _____________.
- 15. The _____________ Amendment says that we have the right to bear arms (to own a gun).
- 16. The Bill of Rights were written for our _____________ rights.
