Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the
Bill of Rights.
United States Bill of Rights currently housed in the National Archives.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
• freedom of speech
In 1965, 13-year old Mary Beth Tinker and her 15-year old brother
John wore black armbands to school in Des Moines, Iowa. They
wanted to show their mourning for people killed in the Vietnam War
and their support for a truce at Christmas. Mary Beth, an eighth
grade student at Harding Jr. High School was promptly suspended by
her principal, who said no black armbands would be allowed.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
• freedom of religion
Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
• freedom of the press
Quotations: Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of the Press
“…were it left to me to decide whether we should have a
government without newspapers or newspapers without a
government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the
latter…” --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787.
"Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been
deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may
trust to them for light."--Thomas Jefferson to Archibald
Stuart. 1799.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
• freedom of assembly
Handbill advertising a rally of
Klansmen in Wichita, Kansas.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
• freedom of petition
The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment:
• right to bear arms
The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment:
• right to bear arms
Image courtesy of Scott Bieser and
scottbieser.com
The Bill of Rights
3rd Amendment:
• quartering of soldiers
Image courtesy of Linda Causey and
aperfectworld.org
The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
• protection against
unreasonable searches
and seizures
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The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
• protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
Image courtesy of the Hearst Corporation and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer .
The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
• protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
Image courtesy of Cox & Forkum
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
• protection from self-incrimination
Image courtesy
of Stu’s Law
Cartoons
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
• protection from “double jeopardy”
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
• protection from uncompensated eminent domain
Image courtesy of Mike Keefe, The Denver Post & InToon.com
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
• must be indicted by a grand jury
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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
• right to a speedy
trial by jury
Image courtesy of T. McCracken and
McHumor.com
The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
• right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
The Bill of Rights
7th Amendment:
• right to a trial by
jury in civil cases (a
lawsuit between two
people rather than
between you and the
government)
Image courtesy of T. McCracken and
McHumor.com
The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment:
• protection from cruel or unusual punishment
Image courtesy of Mike Keefe, The Denver Post & InToon.com
The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment:
• protection from
excessive bail or fines
Image courtesy of Stu’s Law Cartoons
The Bill of Rights
9th Amendment:
• rights not specifically
mentioned in the Constitution
cannot be denied to the
people
“The enumeration in the
Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny
or disparage others retained by
the people.”
The Bill of Rights
10th Amendment:
• All powers not given to the federal government should be
left up to the states or to the people.
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