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