
Bill of Rights
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8th Grade
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Melody Wright
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Bill of Rights
The First Ten Amendments
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Individual Rights: Amendment I (page 31)
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Multiple Choice
Who demanded that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
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Multiple Choice
The _____________ contains the Bill of Rights.
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
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First Amendment
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First Amendment
R = Religion
A = Assembly
P = Press
P = Petition
S = Speech
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History of Religious Freedom
1620 – Plymouth Colony
1630 – Massachusetts Bay Colony
1631 – Roger Williams founded Rhode Island; separation of church and state
1681 – Penn’s Frames of Government
1689 – Toleration Acts – MD founded as a safe haven for Catholics
1791 – Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion, official separation of church and state
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Second Amendment
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Second Amendment
Right to bear arms
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Third Amendment
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Third Amendment
No Quartering
Americans cannot be forced to let soldiers live in their homes
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Multiple Choice
Right to bear arms
Amendment 1
Amendment 2
Amendment 3
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Multiple Choice
No Quartering
Amendment 1
Amendment 2
Amendment 3
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Multiple Select
Which individual rights are protected by the First Amendment?
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition
Speech
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Type answer...
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Amendment 4-8
Rights of the Accused
Due Process of Law – prohibits government officials from taking away a person’s life, liberty, and property without following fair and reasonable procedures.
Can be traced back to the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
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Fourth Amendment
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Fourth Amendment
The police cannot search your property without a warrant from a judge.
This amendment protects our privacy.
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Multiple Choice
The rights protected by the Fourth Amendment are best demonstrated by which of the following scenarios?
A citizen charged with a crime is denied a trial by jury
A citizen requests a warrant before being search by law enforcement
A citizen journalist criticizes the President of the United States in the newspaper
A citizen refuses the right to remain silent while under oath
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Fifth Amendment
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Amendment 5
Due Process
Eminent Domain - private property
Protects people from...
Double jeopardy (being tried in court twice for the same crime)
Self-incrimination - Having to witness (speak) against themselves (taking the fifth”)
Losing life, liberty, or property without a legal action, such as a trial
Being punished for a capital (serious) crime without being charged by a Grand Jury
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Sixth Amendment
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Sixth Amendment
Criminal Cases
Right to a fair and speedy trial
Right to a lawyer
Right to see the witnesses against him/her
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Seventh Amendment
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Seventh Amendment
Civil Cases
Right to a jury trial
$20 or more
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The Jury
The jury listens to the evidence during a trial. Then they decide what facts have been established by the evidence, and they draw inferences from those facts to make their decision. Jury members must work together and remain impartial.
The jury decides if a defendant is "guilty" or "not guilty" in criminal cases, and "liable" or "not liable" in civil cases.
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Multiple Choice
Trial by jury in CRIMINAL cases
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
8th Amendment
6th Amendment
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Multiple Choice
Trial by jury in CIVIL cases
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
7th Amendment
6th Amendment
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Multiple Choice
Protects people from self-incrimination - having to witness (speak) against themselves
1st Amendment
5th Amendment
7th Amendment
6th Amendment
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Eighth Amendment
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Eighth Amendment
No cruel or unusual punishment
No excessive bail
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Ninth Amendment
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Ninth Amendment
More rights to the PEOPLE
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Tenth Amendment
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Tenth Amendment
FEDERALISM
Powers reserved to the STATES
LIMITS the authority of the FEDERAL government
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Multiple Choice
no cruel or unusual punishment; no excessive bail or fines
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
9th Amendment
8th Amendment
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Multiple Choice
more rights for the PEOPLE
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
9th Amendment
8th Amendment
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Multiple Choice
rights reserved for the STATES; FEDERALISM
10th Amendment
3rd Amendment
9th Amendment
8th Amendment
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Bill of Rights
The First Ten Amendments
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