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AmHist 1 U3L1N8
Bill of Rights
Question | Answer |
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Amendment | Any change to a written plan. |
Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution ensuring people's rights. |
Unenumerated rights | These are rights not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights, but are protected by the Ninth and Tenth Amendment. |
Search and Seizure | This is when the government (police) search a person's body or a person's property. Items taken may be used as evidence of criminal activity. The Fourth Amendment requires a search warrant in order for the government to search a person. |
Jury | A group of citizens who hear evidence during a trial and decide if a person is guilty or not guilty of a crime. |
Double jeopardy | When the government tries a person for the same crime twice. The Fifth Amendment protects people from being tried twice for the same crime. |
Warrant | An order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take someone's property or search a person. The police must have a good reason to search someone. |
RAPPS | A mnemonic for the First Amendment to help you remember the freedoms guaranteed by this amendment. (Religion-Assembly-Press-Petition-Speech) |