A | B |
Bill of Rights | Rights granted to all U.S. citizens |
First | amendment that grants freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition |
second | Amendment that grants the right to bear arms |
third | Amendment that prohibits citizens from having to quarter soldiers |
fourth | Amendment that grants freedom from unreasonable searches |
fifth | no double jeopardy |
fifth | due process |
bail | 8th Amendment |
ninth | rights not listed |
tenth | rights of states and people |
Madison | author of the Bill of Rights |
December | month in 1791 that the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution |
Amendment | addition to the Constitution |
selfincrimination | to testify against yourself |
warrant | legal document to search |
due process | proper working of the legal system |
civil rights | rights protected by the Constitution |
indictment | accusation of a major crime |
common law | unwritten law |
capital | crime punishable by death |
grand jury | group that determines whether to accuse someone of a crime |
double jeopardy | trying a person twice for the same crime |
conscientious objector | person who refuses military service for religious beliefs |
infamous | crime punishable by prison |
eminent domain | government taking private property |