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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