The Amendments to the Constitution

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  1. 3. the 2nd Amendment protects rights to bear arms as the _____ were citizens defending localities in times of distress
  2. 5. the 9th Amendment lets the government know that we have more _____ rights than what is written in the Constitution
  3. 9. the 6th Amendment grants us the right to this kind of trial ______ (time)
  4. 10. the First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech is closely connected to this other First Amendment right...think political speech
  5. 11. the First right protected in the First Amendment is
  6. 12. the 3rd Amendment protects Americans from having to house _____ in their private homes
  7. 13. the 6th Amendment grants us the ability to have lawyers help us at trials, this is called _____
  8. 14. the most important word in the 4th Amendment protection against search and seizure is_____
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  1. 1. the 6th Amendment says our trials must be _____, not private
  2. 2. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are known as the ________
  3. 4. the 8th Amendment grants us protection against ______ bail and punishment.
  4. 6. the 5th Amendment protects us from testifying against ourselves as well as being tried twice for the same thing. This is called _____
  5. 7. the 2nd Amendment protects the rights of citizens to bear (possess) _____
  6. 8. the 7th Amendment gives us the right to take to trial a case involving _____ dollars or more
  7. 12. the ______ are supposed to have power over any issue not mentioned in the Constitution as a Federal matter