The Amendments Chapter 3 Section 4 Warm up

The Amendments Chapter 3, Section 4

Warm up: What are your “rights”? § Brainstorm with a partner your “rights” and make a list of 5 “rights”. They can be any rights you have or feel you should have. Example: Right to vote for all U. S. Citizens over 18 years Example: Right to an education

“ We should be working towards Martin Luther King’s goal of a society where people are judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. ” Michael Giorgino, Republican Activist

Name Date: October 5, 2010 Ch. 3 Sec 4 “The Amendments” Define 3 key terms (Pg. 83 or 90) 1) 2) 3)

I. The Bill of Rights A. First 10 Amendments Bill of Rights (1791) B. Some states would only ratify the Constitution if they were promised a “Bill of Rights” C. The first 10 Amendments originally only applied to the Federal Government, but now also apply to the State Governments D. The Purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect the rights of the people (individual liberty/freedom)

II. Amendments 1. The First Amendment: Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government 2. The Second Amendment: Protects the right of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms

II. Amendments 3. The Third Amendment: Restricts quartering of troops in private homes 4. The Fourth Amendment: Protects against “unreasonable searches and seizures”

II. Amendments 5. The Fifth Amendment: Assures the right not to be deprived of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, ” including protections against double jeopardy, selfincrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation

II. Amendments 6. The Sixth Amendment: Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury 7. The Seventh Amendment: Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions)

II. Amendments 8. The Eighth Amendment: Protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment 9. The Ninth Amendment: Provides that people’s rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1 -8

II. Amendments 10. The Tenth Amendment: Restates the Constitution’s principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people

Other Amendments § The 27 other Amendments fall into 3 categories: 1. First group (including Bill of Rights + other finishing touches to the Constitution) 2. Civil War Amendments (soon after the war) 3. Later Amendments (most in 20 th century)

Homework Questions: Study the textbook and notes for Ch. 3 Test Thursday! Make 35 index cards from Ch. 5 to get 5 points extra credit on test!!! # ____of Amendment you were assigned!! Put in own words and explain why is it or isn’t important? How does the amendment effect your life? Page 90: #1 #4 #5

Bill of Rights Count off to 27. You will then be assigned the number of the Amendment corresponding to your number. 1. Summarize your Amendment in your own words (pg. 789 -799) 2. Why do you think this is/isn’t an important “right”? 3. How does this Amendment affect your life? Tomorrow Students will vote on the most important “right. ”