Aaron Wellnitz and Aaron IdsoPeriod 6

Bill of Rights

Bill of RightsContains ten amendments that protects the natural

rights of liberty and property. Including freedom of speech, free press, free assembly, and free association in federal criminal cases.

Amendments

The first ten amendments of which are known collectively as the Bill of Rights set the laws that we abide by.

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Term for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

These amendments limit the federal government's powers, protecting the rights of the people.

Prevents the congress from abridging freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religious worship, and the right to bear arms, cruel and unusual punishment.

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There have been 27 proposed amendments since the constitution was made.

Amendments need a two‐thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress and ratified by three -fourths of the states.

The first 8 amendments guarantee individual liberties for citizens.

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Bill of Rights Website LinkBill of rights website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4EsNLV5agE

Citation

Amendments need a two‐thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress. True or False

Who introduced the Bill of Rights as a series of articles?a. James Madisonb. Ben Franklinc. Alexander Hamiltond. Thomas Jefferson

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There have been proposed amendments since the constitution was made.

Bill of Rights was introduced in… 1791Bill of Rights was ratified in… rights of citizensBill of Rights protects the… 1789

Why did the congress add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

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