Bill of Rights/Amendments 2025 Review

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What is an amendment?

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A change in or addition to a legal document.

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What does the right of assembly allow people to do?

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Meet with others to discuss one's beliefs, ideas, or feelings

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What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first ten amendments to the Constitution

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Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

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8th Amendment

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What does the freedom of expression protect?

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The right to state your attitudes, emotions, thoughts, feelings, etc.

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What does freedom of religion guarantee?

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The right to hold any religious beliefs you wish

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What is the right to petition?

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The right to ask the government to fix things that the person thinks are wrong

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What does the freedom of press guarantee?

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The right to publish your ideas without government interference

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The 5th Amendment protects people against self-incrimination. This gives people accused of crimes

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the right to not testify against oneself in a court case.

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"Separation of church and state" in American government means that

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religions shouldn't influence what happens in the government