Transcript American Bill of Rights

Aaron Wellnitz and Aaron Idso
Period 6
 Bill of Rights
 Contains 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.
 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.
Bill of Rights Video Link
 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.
Bill of Rights Website Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rig
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http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bil
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4EsNLV5agE
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 Madison
b.
Ben Franklin
c.
Alexander Hamilton
d.
Thomas Jefferson
There have been
since the constitution was made.
proposed amendments
Bill of Rights was introduced in…
1791
Bill of Rights was ratified in…
rights of citizens
Bill of Rights protects the…
1789
Why did the congress add the Bill of Rights to the
Constitution?