| A | B |
|---|
| Freedom of Speech | First |
| Right to Privacy - The Government cannot enter your home without special permission (warrant) from the Court. | Fourth |
| Right to Remain Silent-No one can be forced to testify against themselves. | Fifth |
| Right to Bear Arms | Second |
| Right to an Attorney - If you are arrested, the government will provide a lawyer to defend you if you can’t afford one. | Sixth |
| No "double jeopardy" - You cannot be tried more than once for the same crime. | Fifth |
| No “cruel or unusual” punishment for a crime. | Eighth |
| Freedom of Religion | First |
| Powers Reserved to the People - Citizens keep all rights even if they are not specifically listed in the Constitution. | Ninth |
| States Rights - Any rights that are not clearly given to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the states and the people. | Tenth |
| Freedom of the Press - You can read and write whatever you want. | First |
| Freedom to assemble and protest peacefully. | First |
| Right to due process - Everyone who is arrested must be treated in the same way. | Fifth |
| No one can be imprisoned without being given a reason. | Sixth |
| If arrested, you have a right to a speedy trial. | Sixth |
| If arrested you have a right to be tried by a jury of your peers. | Sixth |
| Bail or fines must be fair and appropriate to fit the crime. | Eighth |
| Autocracy | rule by one person who has total control over all others; dictatorship |
| Constitutional Monarchy | government in which the powers of the monarch are limited by and defined by a constitution |
| Democracy | government in which political power is retained by all the people |
| Representative Democracy | Government in which political power is retained by the people but delegated to elected representatives |
| Dictatorship | government in which a ruler possesses absolute power |
| Fascism | one-party system of government with individual subjected to the control of the state often by secret police, military police, censorship and government control of finance, industryk, and commerce |
| Federalism | union of several states under a central government, with individual states retaining specific powers under the central government |
| Monarchy | sovereign controll of a government by a hereditary ruler, such as a king or queen |
| Oligarchy | rule of a government by a few persons |
| Republicanism | a representative democracy. Elected officials exercise power vested in them by sovereign citizens |
| Theocracy | government in which the clergy rules or in which a god is the civil ruler |
| Totalitarianism | a system in whihc a highly centralized government is controlled exclusively by one party and maintained by political suppression. Other political parties are not tolerated or recognized. |
