unit 3 part ii the amendments to the us constitution
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Unit 3 Part II
The Amendments to the US Constitution
What does “Constitutional Flexibility” mean?
• The ability to change in order to adapt to a changing world
How does the Amendment process create “constitutional flexibility”?
• Offers a method of changing the Constitution to apply to new ways of thinking
The First 10 Amendments
• The Bill of Rights
Amendment 1
• Religion• Assembly• Petition• Press• Speech
2nd Amendment
Amendment 2
• Right to Bear Arms
Amendment 3
• 75cent Amendment
• No Quartering of Troops
4th Amendment
• Need a warrant 4 search and seizure
5th Amendment
• Rights of the Accused
Due Process
• Everyone is entitled to the same treatment under the law
Self-Incrimination
• Cannot be madeto testify against yourself
Grand Jury
• A grand jury must determine if there is enough evidence to indict (to charge)
Eminent Domain• Government can take your property for the publics best interest butmust pay a fair price forit.
Double Jeopardy
• You cannot be charged with the same crime twice
6th Amendment
• Right to a speedy, fair trial• Right to a lawyer.• Right to a jury trial• Right to confront witnesses against you• Right to bring your own witnesses
7th Amendment
• 7 suits for lawyers suing• If sued for more than $20 can ask to have
a jury trial.
8th Amendment
• No cruel and unusual punishment• No excessive bail
9th Amendment
• Right reserved to the people
10th Amendment
• Rights reserved to the states
When were the Bill of Rights ratified?
•1791
What are civil liberties?• The freedom to think and act without
government interference or fear of unfair treatment.
“Government shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion”
What does the “free exercise clause” allow for in the United States?
John Peter Zenger1733
• Landmark case in Establishing the right to a free press
What does a free press expose the American people to?
• A wide variety of ideas and viewpoints
What does censorship refer to?
• Banning films or printed materials because of offensive or alarming ideas.
In what ways can the government regulate the mass media?
• Media cannot be used to harm someone’s reputation
• Media can be limited for national security purposes
• Laws prohibit printing of obscene materials
What amendment allows people to join groups?
• 1st Amendments right to assemble
Limits on personal freedoms
• Libel – cannot print lies about someone• Slander – speaking lies about someone• Rights of the Community – rights of one
can sometimes be limited if conflict with the rights of the community
Suffrage
• The right to vote
Suffrage Amendments
• Highlight the amendments that increase the right to suffrage.
• 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 26th
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil Rights Movement
The fight for equal treatment under the law for Americans
Decades of the Civil Rights
• 1950’s and 1960’s
Discrimination
• Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group
“Jim Crowe” Laws
• Laws requiring African Americans and Whites to be separated in most public places
Segregation
• The separation of the races
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
• Determined segregation was constitutional• Established the principle of “separate but
equal”
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)• Overturned Plessy v Ferguson• Segregation in public schools inherently
unequal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Banned discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and national origin in public facilities, employment, education, and voter registration.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
• All citizens have opportunity to vote, regardless of race
Affirmative Action Programs
• Programs that encouraged the hiring and admitting of minorities and women to programs traditionally closed to them.
Racial Profiling
• Being singled out as suspects because of the way they look.