Bill of Rights
• The Constitution
describes how the
government should run
but citizens wanted to
be able to also limit the
government’s power
and protects its citizens.
•September 25, 1789
Congress voted to approve
the 10 Amendments written
by James Madison, known as
the Bill of Rights.
st
1 Amendment
•Freedom of Religion
•Speech
•Press
•Right to Assemble
nd
2 Amendment
• Right for each
state to have a
militia and a
volunteer army
• Right to “keep
and bear arms”
rd
3 Amendment
• NO SOLDIERS SHOULD BE
QUARTERED IN TIME OF PEACE
OR WAR WITHOUT OWNER’S
PERMISSION.
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4
Amendment
Forbids “unreasonable searches
and seizures”
5th Amendment
• Protects citizens against “Double
Jeopardy”
• Cannot be put on trial or punished
twice for the same crime
• Cannot be forced to be a witness
against themselves
• Cannot be punished or lose property
without due process.
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6
Amendment
• Fair Trial, Trial by
Jury, Jury must
not be prejudiced,
Speedy and public
and Right to have
a lawyer.
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7
Amendment
• Guaranteed a trial by jury in
civil cases
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8
Amendment
No excessive
bail or fines
No Cruel or
Unusual
Punishment
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9
Amendment
• Rights that all
people have,
that is not said
fully in the Bill
of Rights.
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10
Amendment
• Whatever is not
written in the
Constitution,
Powers given to
the state and the
people.
13th amendment
Slavery or
servitude
except as
punishment
for a crime
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