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BILL OF RIGHTS
DO NOW
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK
What rights do you have as a United States citizen (list as many as you can)
Are these rights ever violated? If so provide an example from your life or from something you may have heard.
BILL OF RIGHTS
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
Was not part of original document
Lists specific restrictions on governmental power
BILL OF RIGHTS
1st Amendment: Provides the basic rights of expression for U.S. citizens
2nd,3rd,4th Amendments: All relate to colonial disputes with Great Britain before the American Revolution
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Amendments: Provide guidelines for trying people accused of crimes
9th and 10th Amendments: Provide general protections for individual rights not addressed by the first eight amendments.
PLACARD D
FIRST AMENDMENT The 5 Freedoms
1. Religion
2. Speech
3. Press (written word)
4. Assembly (meeting)
5. Petition (make a request) to the government
“Rights supply people amazing protections.”
Without First Amendment
freedoms…
PLACARD H
Second Amendment The right to have a gun
Right to form a militia for defense
PLACARD G
Third Amendment No soldiers in people’s homes
PLACARD A
Fourth Amendment No “unreasonable
searches and seizures” without a warrant
warrant - written orders authorizing a person to make an arrest or a search
PLACARD E
Fifth Amendment Rights about judicial
process
“Due process” – fair application of laws
No requirement to testify against yourself
No double jeopardy
PLACARD J
Sixth Amendment –
Rights at Trial Quick trial by jury
Know the charges against you
Hear and question witnesses against you
Right to a lawyer
PLACARD C
Seventh Amendment Right to a trial by jury in civil cases where
two people disagree (instead of when the government puts someone on trial)
PLACARD B
Eighth Amendment
People accused of a crime can post bail $ to get out of jail
No cruel or unusual punishment
PLACARD F
Ninth Amendment People have other rights not stated in
the Constitution
PLACARD I
Tenth Amendment • Individual states have powers not
given to the federal government in
the Constitution
CLOSING QUESTIONS
• Directions: At the bottom of your notes
follow the below steps
– 1. Rank the 10 amendments from most
important to least important with 1 being the
most important and 10 being the least
important
– For each amendment give a 1-2 sentence
response explaining why you feel it is
important or not important
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