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TAKS CHEAT SHEET

1st AMENDMENT - RAPPS

R – religion A - assembly P – press P – petition S - speech

SECOND AMENDMENT

RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS – a bear has 2 arms

THIRD AMENDMENT

NO QUARTERING OF SOLDIERS

(3 quarters will buy you a coke)

FOURTH AMENDMENT

(NO) UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE (4 WORDS)

FIFTH AMENDMENT

“MY BAD” AMENDMENT – DUE PROCESS, NO TALK AGAINST YOURSELF

EIGHTH AMENDMENT

NO CRUEL OR UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT – pick your nose and we cut off 8 of your fingers

13th, 14th, and 15th AMENDMENTS

3 BLIND MICE - FREE CITIZENS VOTE

TIMELINE

1607 – JAMESTOWN is heaven! 1776 – Freedom!! – DECLARATION OF

INDEPENDENCE 1787 – Madison’s pen is revin’ –

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

1803 – Napoleon sold Louisiana to me, wee wee – LOUISIANA PURCHASE

1861-1865 – The Yanks and the Rebs tangle – THE CIVIL WAR