Amendments 9, and 10

9th Amendment “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

9th Amendment People have other rights that might not be listed in the Bill of Rights, and they still have to be protected Examples: Right to go to college, have a job, decorate your yard

10th Amendment “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

10th Amendment Powers the national government don’t have listed in the Constitution automatically go to the individual states and the people.

Amendments 13, 14, and 15

Directions Using the Dynamic Freedoms book, turn to page 37 Read the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment, and try to put them in your own words in the worksheet Stay in your seat during this task

13th Amendment STOPPED this from being legal No person can be a slave, and all former slaves must be free

14th Amendment Guarantees citizenship to naturally born people Made former slaves citizens

14th Amendment (continued) States cannot take away or change citizens’ rights Anyone in a rebellion cannot run for election

15th Amendment Suffrage (right to vote) for African American men Promises suffrage to any “race”