Names: ______
Amendment Webquest Answer Sheet
You are to answer the questions below about the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, also called the Bill of Rights.
Use the site below to answer most questions. There are also additional sites for each Amendment.
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend01
Amendment 1:
Go to: http://www.ifac.us/freedoms.php
What are the five freedoms in the first amendment?
1. ______
2.______
3.______
4.______
5. ______
Click on the Religion link on the left side of the screen:
What does the Establishment clause do?
______
The Free Exercise Clauses prohibits the government from interfering with a person's ______
Click on the Assembly link on the left side of the screen, and scroll to the bottom of the page:
The right of every single United States citizen to peacefully______, and ______is guaranteed by the freedom of speech and the right to peaceable assemble.
Amendment 2:
Go to: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend01
The second Amendment is the right to: ______.
In my own words that means ______.
Amendment 3:
The third Amendment prevents: ______
Go to: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/third-amendment.html
Why is it called quartering? ______
Amendment 4:
Go to: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend01
This amendment protects against unreasonable ______.
The warrant must be issued with probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and describe the ______, and the ______or ______to be seized.
Amendment 5:
Go to: www.google.com type in “define: due process”
Define Due Process: ______
Define Double Jeopardy: ______
Go to: http://trial.laws.com/plea/plead-the-fifth
Read the opening paragraph. When an individual choses to plead the fifth, he/she ______
Go to:
http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-rights/miranda-rights-and-the-fifth-amendment.html
What four things must people in police custody be told:
1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
Amendment 6:
Go to: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/6th-amendment.html
The seven rights listed in the sixth amendment are
1. the right to ______
2. the right to ______
3. the right to ______
4. the right to ______
5. the right to ______
6. the right to ______
7. the right to ______
Amendment 7:
Go to: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080345_2080344_2080381,00.html
Watch the video.
The seventh amendment applies to juries in ______cases as opposed to criminal cases. (00:35)
The main idea of the seventh amendment is that you have the right to ______.
$20 is 1791 would buy you about ______acres of land.
Amendment 8:
Go to: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend01
______shall not be required, nor ______imposed, nor ______inflicted.
Go to: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/media/eight.htm
Define bail? ______
What were two cruel and unusual punishments at the time the amendment was written? ______
Create two crimes and unusual punishments that would be outlawed today because of this amendment.
1.Crime:______
Punishment______
2.Crime:______
Punishment:______
Amendment 9:
Go to: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/9th-amendment.html
(look under Purpose of the 9th Amendment)
Summarize the 9th amendment in your own words:
______
Amendment 10:
Go to: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/media/ten.htm
Summarize the 10th amendments using this site to help. Provide an example.
______