Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - The Bill of Rights The First 10

Citizens’ Rights &
Responsibilities
• Notes #4
Mr. Barchetto
• Do-Now- using pg. 229-230
– What is the difference between a duty and
a responsibility?
– List the duties and responsibilities we have
as American citizens.
– In own words define amendment?
• An improved change made to a previously adopted law
The Bill of Rights
The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution
• Take notes on the
bold and underline
only.
• We will make
posters at the
conclusion of the
notes to represent
the 10 amendments.
First Amendment: Freedom of
Religion, Assembly, and the Press.
• This means that we all have the right to:
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practice any religion we want to
to speak freely
to assemble (meet)
to address the government (petition)
to publish newspapers, TV, radio, Internet (press)
Second Amendment: Freedom
to Bear Arms
• The 2nd Amendment protects the right to
bear arms
– Because a fighting force of citizens might be
necessary to protect a free state, states have the
right to allow people to keep weapons in their
homes
Third Amendment: Limits on the
Quartering of Soldiers
• The 3rd Amendment says “No soldier
shall, in time of peace be quartered in
any house, without the consent of the
owner, nor in time of war, but in a
manner to be prescribed by law.”
– This means that we cannot be forced to
house or quarter soldiers.
Fourth Amendment: Limits
on Searches and Seizures
– This means unless the government (including the
police) has good reason, people, their homes, and
their things cannot be searched or taken away. To
conduct a search, officials must have reason
to believe they will find a stolen object or
discover a person breaking the law.
Fifth Amendment: The Right to Due
Process of Law, Including Protection
Against Incriminating Yourself
– You may not be tried twice for the same crime
(double jeopardy)
– You don’t have to testify against yourself in
court. (Self-incrimination)
Sixth Amendment: The Right to
Legal Counsel and a Fair Trial
• The 6th Amendment
guarantees a speedy trial
– an impartial jury
– that the accused can confront
witnesses against them
– the accused must be allowed to
have a lawyer
Seventh Amendment: The Right to
a Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
• The 7th Amendment guarantees the
right to a speedy civil trial.
– A civil trial is when someone sues
someone else.
Eighth Amendment: Unfair
Punishment is Forbidden
• People arrested on a charge can be free
while they wait for trial if they pay money to
the court as bail, which is a way of promising
they will return for their trial. If they show up,
they get this money back. Fines have to be
fair. And people found guilty cannot be
punished in a cruel or unusual way that is
not allowed by law.
Ninth Amendment: Other Rights
are Protected by the Constitution
• 9th amendment states all rights not stated
in the Constitution and not forbidden by
the Constitution belong to the people.
– The rights listed in Amendments 1-8 aren’t the
only ones the people have.
Tenth Amendment: Any Powers that Do
Not Belong to the National
Government Belong to the States
– The U.S. Government has only the powers
listed in the Constitution.
Amendments 11-27
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Amendment 11- Judicial power of United States not to extend to suits
against a state.(1795)
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Amendment 12– Mode of electing President and Vice president by
electors.(1804)
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Amendment 13– Slavery Prohibited. (1865)
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Amendment 14- Citizenship defined; Privileges of Citizens; and, Equal
Protection (1868)
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Amendment 15- Gave Black Men the Right To Vote (1870)
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Amendment 16- Instituted a Federal Income Tax (1913)
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Amendment 17– Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1912)
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Amendment 18- Prohibition (1920)
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Amendments 11-27
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Amendment 19- Gave Women the Right to Vote (1920)
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Amendment 20- Terms of president, vice president, senators, and
representatives. (1933)
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Amendment 21- Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
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Amendment 22- Limit to number of terms a president may serve.(1951)
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Amendment 23– 3 Electors to the District of Columbia (1961)
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Amendment 24– Abolished Poll Taxes (1964)
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Amendment 25- Succession of vice president to presidency. (1967)
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Amendment 26- Voting for 18-year-olds. (1971)
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Amendment 27 – Congressional raises (1992)