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| Changes to the U.S. Constitution are called | Amendments |
| The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the | Bill of Rights |
| The Bill of Rights protects | the rights and liberties of American citizens, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. |
| Rights of the Accused | The Bill of Rights ensures that people suspected of crimes have basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer. |
| 8th Amendment | This amendment protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment when they break the law. |
| 2nd Amendment | This amendment protect's people's right to own certain kinds of guns. |
| 6th Amendment | This amendment protects people from being put on trial twice for the same crime (double jeopardy). It also protect people from being forced to be witnesses against themselves. |
| 1st Amendment | This amendment protects the freedoms of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly. |
| 6th Amendment | This amendment protects the right to a fair, speedy, and public trial. It also protects the right to have a lawyer if you are accused of a crime. |
| 4th Amendment | This amendment protects citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. |
| Police enter a citizen's house without good reason or permission from a judge. The police search for evidence to try to solve a crime. | 4th Amendment |
| A judge puts a person in jail for six years for not stopping at a red light. | 8th Amendment |
| A person accused of a crime cannot afford a lawyer. She is forced to defend herself in court. | 6th Amendment |
| A person accused of a crime is found "not guilty" at his or her first trial. The government decides to put the person on trail again. At the second trial, the person is found "guilty" and it put in jail. | 5th Amendment |
| The government closes a newspaper for printing articles that criticize the president. | 1st Amendment |
| The government confiscates (takes away) all guns from citizens | 2nd Amendment |
