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Bill of Rights

Directions: After listening to the song “Bill of Rights,” match the description on the left to the correct amendment on the right.

Guarantees your right to own a gun 1st Amendment

You can think or say whatever's 2nd Amendment

on your mind

You can't be tried for the same 3rd Amendment

crime twice

An army is a necessary thing we are told,

but where soldiers stay should never be 4th Amendment

in our homes; an intolerable act was how it

was first described

Calls for reasonable fines and 5th Amendment

humane punishment

No one has to put up with illegal

search or seizure 6th Amendment

The basic rights of people are

things that exist, even if the 7th Amendment

constitution makes no mention of it

You have the right to a speedy trial 8th Amendment

and one that's fair

Gives the states rights 9th Amendment

You have a right to a trial by jury 10th Amendment

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Bill of Rights Answer Key

Guarantees your right to own a gun 1st Amendment

You can think or say whatever's 2nd Amendment

on your mind

You can't be tried for the same 3rd Amendment

crime twice

An army is a necessary thing we are told,

but where soldiers stay should never be 4th Amendment

in our homes; an intolerable act was how it

was first described

Calls for reasonable fines and 5th Amendment

humane punishment

No one has to put up with illegal

search or seizure 6th Amendment

The basic rights of people are

things that exist, even if the 7th Amendment

constitution makes no mention of it

You have the right to a speedy trial 8th Amendment

and one that's fair

Gives the states rights 9th Amendment

You have a right to a trial by jury 10th Amendment

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Bill of Rights

What's the Bill of Rights and what does it say?

Why memorize the Bill of Rights today?

The first 10 Amendments are just good to know

Freedoms that we have is exactly what they show

You can get together with whoever you want to

And talk about whatever you'd like

You can say it in a church or you can say it outside

Or maybe just think about it for life

The First Amendment says that you can think or say whatever's on your mind

There used to be a time before we had the police

And if you had a problem, you had to make your own peace

Owning a gun is what brought independence

That's why we've always fought so hard to defend this

The Second Amendment guarantees your right to own a gun, but not your right to pick a fight

An army is a necessary thing we are told

But where soldiers stay should never be in our homes

An intolerable act was how it was first described

The Third Amendment sums it up in just a few lines:

No one can make you bring war into your home

The things that you own and the places you keep them

Are nobody's business and no one can seize them

Not even a policemen can stop for no reason

Unless they're sure you've been out hurting innocent people

The Fourth Amendment says that no one has to put up with illegal search or seizure

If you're ever accused of committing a crime

And prove that you're innocent the very first time

You can't be brought back for trial after trial

after trial after trial after trial

The Fifth Amendment says you can't be tried for the same crime twice

If you ever get accused, you have the right to defend

And you shouldn't have to wait until eternity's end

To go to court, plead your case and put it to rest

The Sixth Amendment guarantees your right to this:

You have the right to a speedy trial and one that's fair

A jury of your peers is who decides your fate

If the laws of the land, you desecrate

King George's Stamp Act is why this right was put in

He'd put you in jail and for a trial you'd wait

The Seventh Amendment says you have a right to a trial by jury

Colonists remembered being punished too hard

By the King and the army under his charge

They stated that a punishment should truly fit the crime

And cruelty won't be tolerated any of the time

The Eighth Amendment calls for reasonable fines and humane punishment

The basic rights of people are things that exist

Even if the constitution makes no mention of it

Every person has value at the end of the day

That's really all the Ninth Amendment's trying to say

And...

The Tenth Amendment's the one that gives the states rights

When the Federal government should stay out of the fight

It's sometimes in question and up for debate

But it balances power in these United States

So why memorize the Bill of Rights today?

Because they're important, they're the American way!

American way, American way, American way...

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