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Bill of Rights Guided Notes

SS.7.C.2.4 Evaluate rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution.
SS.7.C.2.5 Distinguish how the Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights.
SS.7.C.3.6 Evaluate Constitutional rights and their impact on individuals and society.

Review Questions
1) What was the name of the first constitution?

2) What is the name of the constitution we have today?

3) What group of people were for the ratification of the US Constitution and what group of
people were against the ratification of the US Constitution?

4) What compromise did the two groups come up with to ratify the new Constitution?

5) What are the Bill of Rights?

6) Define the terms:

Amendment
Ratify

Bill of Rights (SS.7.C.2.4)

1) Explain the five freedoms listed in the First Amendment:

Freedom of ________________________:

Freedom of ________________________:

Freedom of ________________________:

Freedom of ________________________:

Freedom of ________________________:

2) Why was free religious exercise so important to the Founders?

3) Why were the freedoms of press, speech, and assembly so important to the Founders?

4) Why was the right to petition so important to the Founders?

Key Vocabulary
 Symbolic
Speech

Double
Jeopardy

Due Process

Self-
Incrimination

Plead the
Fifth

Precedent

Eminent
Domain

5) Explain each right protected in the Bill of Rights.

Amendment Explanation
I

II

III

IV

VI

VII

VIII
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Constitutional Safeguards and Limits on Rights (SS.7.C.2.5)

Key Vocabulary
Common
Good

Ex Post
Facto Law

Federal
System

Habeas
Corpus

Individual
Rights

Public
Interest

Safeguard

1) Why does the government create safeguards?

2) Why does the government include limitations on peoples rights?

3) Explain the precedence that was established in the case Schenck v. U.S. (1919):

4) What are the questions the Courts have to ask when determining appropriate times to limit
the peoples rights?
1)

2)
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4)

5) What is the role of the judicial branch of government in protecting individual rights?

6) Explain the term independent judiciary:

7) Explain the two key individual rights that are protected or safeguarded in Article 1, Section 9
of the U.S. Constitution.
Habeas corpus:

An ex post facto law:

8) Explain the appellate process.

Constitutional Rights and their Impact (SS.7.C.3.6)

Key Vocabulary
Civil
Disobedie
nce

Discrimina
tion

1) What is a constitutional right?

2) Summarize the event. Include what constitutional right and amendment that is being
addressed:
Kelo v. City of New London

John Lewis and Hosea Williams

Korematsu v. United States