Social Studies Chapter 10 Review



Chapter 10 (The Bill of Rights) Test Review (20 points possible) Name:

1. Why was the Bill of Rights included in the Constitution?

2. Who was the person most responsible for writing the Bill of Rights?

3. What are the five freedoms given to people in the first amendment?

4. When is your right to freedom of the press limited?

5. What types of speech are limited? (meaning when are you not entitled to freedom of speech?)

6. What right does the Second Amendment grant to you?

7. What is one of the arguments that people have over the meaning of the second amendment?

8. What does the Third Amendment guarantee?

9. What does the Fourth Amendment protect you from?

10. What is needed for police to search your house?

11. What five protections are you given under the Fifth Amendment?

12. What does the term “self incrimination” mean?

13. What is a “Miranda warning” and when is it used?

14. Can a person be tried (put on trial) a second time for a crime of which they were originally found innocent?

15. What amendment guarantees you the right to a fair, public, speedy, trial with a jury, and also gives you the right to have a lawyer represent you?

16. According to the Sixth Amendment, can a person be prevented from questioning every single witnesses who testifies at their trial?

17. What does the Eighth Amendment protect you against once you have been found guilty in a trial?

18. Why did the writers of the Bill of Rights include the Ninth Amendment?

19. According to the Tenth Amendment, if a power is not given to the national government, who gets it?

Below is a chart to help show all of the rights given to people when it comes to the legal system. It starts with the rights you have before or during your arrest, then after your arrest, and moves all the way through your trial, and even after you have been found guilty in court.

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