Transcript Regents Review – The Bill of Rights

Regents Review – The Bill
of Rights
HW: Review Book –
Pages 102-104
Castle Learning for
Thursday
st
1
Amendment
Freedom of speech, press, religion,
assembly and petition.
 Not unrestricted – Schenck v. U.S. cannot
create “A clear and present danger”
 Religion – Engel v. Vitale – Regents prayer
 Press – Hazelwood v. Kulhmeir – student
newspaper
 Speech – Bethel School District v. Frazier
– student speech

2nd Amendment
The right to possess firearms
 Added because originally only had state
militia

3rd Amendment
No quarter of soldiers
 Added because of the Quartering Act
during the American Revolution

4th Amendment
Protects against unreasonable searches
and seizure.
 N.J. v. TLO – students can be searched –
need “reasonable suspicion” not “probable
cause.”
 Vernonia v. Acton – mandatory drug
testing of student athletes is allowed.

5th Amendment
Life, liberty, and property
 Due process
 Issues involved in this amendment:
abortion (Roe v. Wade), death penalty (In
re Gault) euthanisia

6th Amendment

Trial by jury in a criminal case.
7th Amendment

Trial by jury in a civil case.
8th Amendment
Prohibits excessive bail, fines and
punishment.
 Issue: death penalty

9th Amendment

Rights not mentioned in the Constitution
belong to the people.
10th Amendment

Powers not given to the national
government and the people are given to
the state.
13, 14, 15
Civil War or Reconstruction amendments
 13 – ends slavery
 14 – citizenship
 15 – black male suffrage

18 & 21
18 – Prohibition
 Added because of domestic violence
 21 – repealed prohibition
 Added because of organized crime,
speakeasies, bootlegging

19th Amendment
Women’s suffrage
 Added because women went to work
during WWI

22nd Amendment
President limited to two terms
 Added because FDR served 4 terms

25th Amendment
Presidential succession and disability
 Added because of the assassination of JFK

26th Amendment
Lowered voting age to 18
 Added because of Vietnam
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Base your answer to question 16 on the passage below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the
United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection
of the laws.
— 14th amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution
16. This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to
(1) protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons
(2) make it easier for immigrants to become citizens
(3) extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains
(4) require the federal government to pay the costs of Reconstruction
14. After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
(1) grant civil and political rights to Native
American Indians
(2) allow women to become full citizens
(3) guarantee African Americans equal treatment
under the law
(4) extend constitutional rights to new territories
“Convention Meets at Seneca Falls”
“19th Amendment Ratified”
“Betty Friedan Organizes National Organization for
Women”
Which statement about women in the United
States is best illustrated by these headlines?
(1) The role of women in society has remained
unchanged since colonial times.
(2) The struggle for women’s rights has spanned
many decades.
(3) The earnings of women today are equal to
those of men.
(4) The movement for women’s rights has lacked
leadership.