Fact # 1
If you knew this, you know more than
7 out of 10 adults
Fact # 2
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
To protect citizens from the government
Amendment 1
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Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
of Speech
of Religion
of the Press
of Assembly
of Petition
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Threaten to blow up airplanes, schools or the
president
Sexual harassment
Create too much social chaos
Extremely crude language in a public forum
Disrespectful, vulgar language in schools
Hate crimes
Free speech – The
individual can:
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Say any political belief
Protest (without getting out of control)
Say things about someone that are true
Burn the flag
Say racist and hate slogans
Free speech means someone might say
something you disagree with
Freedom of the press
Can
Cannot
• Print any political
• Libel– intentionally
position
injuring a person’s
reputation by false
• Make fun of people,
facts
especially politicians
• Expose wrongs by the • Disclose defensesecurity secrets
government
• Detail how to make a
• Say things you might
certain weapons
not agree with
Freedom of Assembly
• Congress shall make no law . . . Abridging
. . . The people to peaceably assemble”
Freedom of Assembly-Individual
Can
Cannot
• Protest
• Parade (with a
permit)
• Parade chanting
hate slogans
• Gang members
can congregate in
public
• Protest by
throwing rocks
and breaking
windows
• Hang out on
private land
against owners
will—loitering
• Teen curfew
Establishment Clause—
Government cannot promote
religion
Establishment Clause Government
CANS
• Teach about religions
in school
• Allow voluntary prayer
in many examples
• Transport students to
a religious school
• Read Bible for culture
or literacy content
CANNOTS
• Set a state religion
• Government cannot
order a prayer
• Teach religious
doctrine in the school
• Pay seminary
teachers
• Teach creationism
Free Exercise—The person
Can
Cannot
• Choose whatever
religion
• Lead a prayer in
most examples
• Ask questions about
religions
• Worship who ever
you want
• Break the law and
claim it is religious
belief
• Raise children
without education
• Deprave children of
basic needs
2nd Amendment
— Right to bear arms
— Have to have a permit to carry a gun
Third Amendment
 No quartering
of troops
 The Government
cannot force you
to shelter
soldiers in your
home without
your consent in
time of war or
peace.
Rights of the Accused
Amendments # 4 - 8
Important to maintain freedom
Fourth AmendmentFreedom from illegal
search & seizure
– Must have a warrant from a
judge to search your property
and/or home
– Probable cause/good reason is
needed
Fifth Amendment
• “Double Jeopardy”: You cannot be tried for
the same crime twice
– Example: O.J. Simpson was innocent
and cannot be tried again for the
two murders even if he is guilty
• Self-Incrimination: You do not have to
testify against your self because you may
admit something while on the stand.
“I plead the fifth”
(Continued) 5th Amendment
• You must have due process of law before you are
convicted.
– This includes all the steps taken from apprehension
until the date you are sentenced or set free
• Eminent Domain: The government can take your
property as long as they pay you for it
-You may sue to receive more money from the government
• Indicted by a Grand Jury: Group that decides
whether there is enough evidence to have a trial
– Example: The jury is called in for a murder case,
they are to be given the evidence and decide
whether or not the case will go to trial
5th Amendment
S elf-Incrimination
I ndicted by a Grand Jury
D ue Process
E minent Domain
D ouble Jeopardy
Sixth Amendment
• Right to a speedy
and public trial
• Right to an
impartial jury of
your peers
• Right to have
witnesses
• Right to an
attorney
Seventh Amendment
• Rights to a jury trial in civil cases
-Person vs. Person
Eighth Amendment
• No
excessive
bail/fines
• No cruel
and unusual
punishment
Prisoner kissing his Mom in prison
Ninth Amendment
• Powers reserved to
the PEOPLE
-Covers items that might not
be mentioned in #1-8
Tenth Amendment
• Powers
reserved to
the STATE
(Federalism)
13th Amendment (1865)
• Abolished Slavery
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Amendment (1868)
“Equal Rights Amendment”
• Made all African-American citizens
• Defined U.S. citizenship
• Gave Due Process to the states
 1870
 Gave
black males
the right to vote
16th Amendment (1913)
 The Federal Government can collect
taxes on income
 April 15th TAX DAY
18th Amendment (1919)
 Prohibits alcohol
being sold in the
United States
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1920
Allowed Women the Right to VOTE
21st Amendment (1933)
• Repeal of the 18th
Amendment
• Prohibition of Alcohol
End
22nd Amendment (1951)
• Limits the president to 2 terms in
office (8 years)
• FDR was elected
4 times & served
13 years before his
death
 1966
 The
abolishment of the
Poll Tax
 No
longer had to pay
to vote
 1971
 Changes
21 to 18
Vietnam War
voting age from
What Amendment Is this an
Example of?
• "Public schools can neither foster religion
nor preclude it. Our public schools must
treat religion with fairness and respect and
vigorously protect religious expression as
well as the freedom of conscience of all
other students.”
– The First Amendment
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• The town hall wants to display a nativity
scene on the front lawn during the week
before Christmas.
Amendment 1 — No law respecting the
establishment of a religion.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• The local police bugged a telephone of a
man who was suspected of dealing drugs.
With that information, they obtained a
warrant and searched the house, finding
enough material to have him arrested and
charged.
Amendment 4 — The right to be secure
in their houses against unreasonable
searches.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• College students at an anti-war
demonstration burn a United States flag to
show their disagreement with the
government’s stand.
Amendment 1 — Freedom of speech.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• A woman claims her right to an education,
but the judge points out that “education” is
not in the Bill of Rights.
Amendment 9 — The enumeration of
certain rights shall not be construed to
deny others.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• During a field test for alcohol sobriety, a
woman drops her purse and police see a
large roll of money inside. When the officer
lifts out the money to ask the woman
about it, he also sees marijuana cigarettes
and several crack vials. He arrests her on
possession of an illegal substance.
Amendment 4 — The right to be secure
in their effects against unreasonable
search and seizure.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• A father who says he is an nonbeliever
and objects to the school having his
student say the Pledge of Allegiance daily
because it contains the words “under
God.”
Amendment 1 — No law respecting the
establishment of a religion.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• During a two week trial for murder, the
judge and several of the local police force
who worked on the case all have lunch
daily with the jury.
Amendment 6 — The right to an
impartial jury.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• Amish parents in Hartville, Ohio, will not
send their children to school beyond the
eighth grade because their religion tells
them to be “separate from the world.”
That’s against state law that requires
education until the age of 16.
Amendment 1 — No law respecting the
establishment of religion or the free
exercise thereof.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• The state of Michigan decides that doctorassisted suicide is legal.
Amendment 10 — The powers not
delegated to the United States by the
Constitution.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• A beaten homeless man is in the hospital.
It’s not guaranteed that he will live. Police
take the two teens suspected of beating
him to the hospital to be identified by the
man rather than waiting for an official line
up.
Amendment 5 — The right to due
process of law.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• Civil War enactors, in full uniform, are
arrested in the diner where they met for
breakfast. The charge is carrying firearms
in public.
Amendment 2 — The right to bear
arms.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• After a terrorist attack, it is necessary to
move National Guard, extra police,
medical technicians, teams of specialists
and rescue personnel into your city. These
people take over a local school and the
large apartment building next to it in order
to have a central organizational point,
moving people out into shelters
temporarily.
Amendment 3 — No soldier shall be
quartered in any house.
What Amendment is this an
Example of?
• A woman testifies against someone by
videotape because it is impossible for her
to be at the trial herself.
Amendment 6 — The right to be
confronted with the witnesses against
him.