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| What are two methods that can be used to propose an amendment? |
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1. Congress can propose an amendment if it has been approved by two-thirds vote in both the senate and the house
2. proposed by a national convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislature |
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| What are two methods that canbe used to ratify an amendment? |
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1.approval by the legislatures of three fourths of the states
2.approval by special convention of three fourths of the states |
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| How did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution? |
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| Congress approved the amendments and propsed them in 1789 and the states approved 10 of them and the became the Bill of Rights |
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| What are the freedoms protected by the first amendment? |
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Freedom of religon
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Petition |
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| What are the amendments that protect us against abuse of power by the govnernment? |
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2nd- the right bear arms
3rd-govenrment must obtain owners consent before a soldiers can live in thire homes
4th- officears can't seach homes without a warrent
5th-government has to pay a fair price for property |
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| Describe the 9th and 10th amendments. |
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9th- the rights not meantioned in the Consitution belong to the people
10th-powers not given to the national government are given to the states of the people |
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| Seperation of church and state |
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| governments maynot favor and religion or establish an officila religion |
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| government has the power to take private property for payment for public use |
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| entitles accused citizens the right to be treated fairly aaccording to rules established by law |
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| citizens are protected from being placedon trial twice for the same crime |
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| What are the roles of the courts in settling disputed over citizens' rights |
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| decide whether peoples rights are being violated by actions of other or the laws |
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| What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Tinker Case? |
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| ruled in favor of the students and said that the armbands where a form of speech |
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| What was the shokie case and the Supreme Court's decion? |
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| people wanted to march through a town dressed in Nazi uniforms the made them pay 350,000 insurance Supreme Court said that they have the right to assemble and the insurance violates the right to assemble |
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| How have the laws concerning slavery changed since the signing of the Consitution? |
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| What are the amendements that insure the right for African Americans to vote |
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15th Voting rights for Afican Americans
24th abloishment of poll taxes |
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| What are womens struggles for the right to vote? |
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| people belived in old ways they marched, petitioned,gave speeches, wrote to newspapers and the government |
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| why was the voting age lowered to 18? |
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| poeple went to war at young ades so they should beable to vote |
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| How does the amendment process give Americans a voice in their government? |
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| the decide what will be "the law of the land" |
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| speration of black and whites in public places |
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| attempts to conteract the effects of past discrimination |
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