Name _____________________________Date ____________ Notes covering Bill of Rights Social Studies: 1
Directions: Write any additional facts about each Bill of Right during the reading conclusion from the
book: The Bill of Rights. List some facts that you learned from reading of this book in class.
The Bill of Rights includes the following freedoms (liberties & rights):
The First Amendment provides for freedom of religion, press, speech, and assembly
and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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The Second Amendment provides the freedom and right to bear arms (own guns).
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The Third Amendment prohibits the government from forcing citizens to house soldiers
during times of war (quartering).
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The Fourth Amendment gives individual rights of privacy, protects people from
unreasonable search and seizure, and restricts searches from being made without
probable cause and a warrant.
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The Fifth Amendment allows the freedom from being tried twice (double jeopardy) for
the same crime when found innocent of that crime and allows a person on trial the
opportunity to abstain from testifying against him or herself (do not have to incriminate self).
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The Sixth Amendment gives the people of the United States the right to a fair trial by
an impartial jury.
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The Seventh Amendment provides for trial by jury for disputes with monetary value
over $20.00.
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Amendment Eight prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment and prohibits the
demand for excessive bail or fines.
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Name _____________________________Date ____________ Notes covering Bill of Rights Social Studies: 1
Directions: Write any additional facts about each Bill of Right during the reading conclusion from the
book: The Bill of Rights. List some facts that you learned from reading of this book in class.
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Amendment Nine prohibits other rights held by the people from being denied by the
Constitution.
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Finally, Amendment Ten delegates to the states or to the people those powers not
granted to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution.
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Since the adoption of our Constitution, only twenty-seven amendments
have been added, none of which have changed the Bill of Rights. These
ten amendments provide us with distinct freedoms that have helped to
create one of the greatest nations in the world, the United States of
America.
List any additional facts that you remember
from the reading of The Bill of Rights below.
Federalists – Did they support or oppose the Original Constitution? (Circle)
Anti-Federalists - Did they support or oppose the Original Constitution? (Circle)
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