Name:
Name: U.S. History I
Date: Mr. Melhorn
Period:
Bill of Rights Textbook Notes
Directions: You will be assigned one of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights or possibly another important amendment. You must create a handout in order to present the amendment to the class. This handout should include information about the amendment and some pictures/artistry to help your classmates remember the amendment. The part of the Constitution you need to review is the Bill of Rights on pages 163-171. Use this packet for your notes.
1. First Amendment
- The Freedoms of…
-What does the Freedom of Assembly offer Americans?
-Why are Americans offered the right to Petition?
-By giving us these freedoms, how are we protected?
-What are we able to do?
2. Second Amendment
-The Right to…
-Why did the founding fathers create this amendment?
-Is it necessary to have militias today?
-Why was it necessary then in the 1700’s?
3. Third Amendment
-This amendment protects us from…
-What action by the British made this amendment
necessary in the late 18th Century?
4. Fourth Amendment
-Protection against…
-Why is this amendment necessary?
-What is a warrant?
5. Fifth Amendment
-What is the brief name that this amendment goes by?
-What does double jeopardy mean?
-What is due process of law (what is every person that is accused of a crime entitled to)?
-What is a grand jury and how would this speed
up the court system?
-Define Eminent Domain-
6. Sixth Amendment
-The Right to…
-Why is it necessary to have an impartial
jury in a trial?
-Name a televised case where jury selection may have been long simply because it was challenging to find impartial jurors.
-Other than what was previously mentioned, what else does this amendment allow
for the accused in a court case?
7. Seventh Amendment
-allows for monetary cases to be judged by a if the sum in dispute is worth
over… .
8. Eighth Amendment
-This amendment deals with…
-What is bail?
What does this amendment prevent from occurring?
If this amendment is not in place, what could judges have
the right to do?
9. Ninth Amendment
-Though the Bill of Rights protects many freedoms, people still have…
10. Tenth Amendment
-Powers that are not enumerated and specified for the national government will
then be in the hands of the governments.
11. Define what a few other important amendments did for America.
-Thirteenth Amendment-
-Fifteenth Amendment-
-Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments-
-Nineteenth Amendment-
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