Right to bear arms

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​The 2nd amendment

The Bill of Rights

Objectives

Describe the circumstances and debate that led to the Bill of Rights.

Predict what might happen if key rights were missing from the Constitution.

The Bill of Rights

• The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the Constitution and includes specific guarantees such as free speech, free press, and religion

• The proposed Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification and was approved in 1791.

The Bill of Rights

• Some states ratified the Constitution. To ratify means to approve.

• Some states had problems with it and wanted changes made. Because of this, Amendments were made. An amendment is something that has been added.

• The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.