Constitution Challenge

Third Amendment

Name(s) ________________________________________ Date _____________

Original language:
“No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”

Your language: Decide which word is most relevant to the first word.

1. soldier
• professional military personnel
• any governmental worker
• military person or equipment

2. time of peace
• no war being fought on United States territory
• no involvement in a foreign war
• no war

3. quartered
• given room and board
• kept on the property
• have any access, technological or otherwise, to private property

4. house
• actual privately owned, one-family house
• privately owned building
• privately owned property

5. consent
• permission
• knowledge
• favorable agreement

6. owner
• actual physical occupier
• person who has paid in full
• controller

7. time of war
• war being fought on United States territory
• involvement in a foreign war
• whenever the president declares war

8. but
• the “peace one” can be revoked
• the “war one” can be revoked
• both can be revoked

9. manner
• established set of rules
• procedure
• style

10. prescribed
• written before the time it is used
• described
• lawfully decided upon

11. law
• agreement based on custom
• agreement based on authority
• a body of rules governing a body of people

Your words

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