1. The Amendments that reflect fundamental changes in our society
The Bill of Rights
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The Amendments that reflect fundamental changes in our society

2. This means that all individuals have the right to:
First Amendment
The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press, and the right to petition the government.
This means that all individuals have the right to:
Practice any religion they want
To speak freely without fear of being arrested
To meet or protest (Assembly)
To address the government (petition)
To publish newspapers, TV shows, Radio broadcasts, and Internet postings (press)

3. Second Amendment The 2nd Amendment protects the right to bear arms.
Which basically means the right to own a weapon.

4. Third Amendment
People cannot be forced to house troops in their homes without their permission.

5. Rights of the Accused Amendments #s 4-8 Important to preserve freedom

6. Fourth Amendment
Provides protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
This means that the police must have a warrant or probable cause to enter our homes.
It also means the government cannot take our property, detain us, or search our bodies without probable cause.

7. Fifth Amendment
You cannot be tried for the same crime twice called “Double Jeopardy.”
You do not have to testify against your self. “I plead the fifth.”
You must have due process of law before you are convicted.
The government cannot take your land unless it pays you a fair price (Eminent Domain).

8. Sixth Amendment
Provides for the right to a speedy trial by jury in criminal trials, and it guarantees individuals the right to legal counsel if they are charged with a crime.
Speedy trial (you can’t be kept in jail for over a year without a trial)
An impartial jury (doesn’t already think you are guilty)
The accused can confront witnesses against them
The accused must be allowed to have a lawyer

9. Seventh Amendment
Provides for the right to a trial by jury in civil cases.
Civil Law: Suing somebody
Punishable through monetary fines.
Criminal Law: A crime against the state.
Punishable by jail or prison.

10. Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
Eighth Amendment
Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

11. Ninth Amendment
Prevents the absence of rights not explicitly named in the Constitution from being interpreted as a reason to have them taken away.

12. Tenth Amendment
States that anything not directly delegated to the national government, or not directly prohibited, shall be left up to the states or the people to decide.
States can decide how to deal with anything not written in the Constitution.

13. The Amendments that reflect fundamental changes in our society
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment

14. Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
Ended Slavery
Did this mean that African Americans would be treated equally?
Why was this a fundamental change?

15. Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
Original purpose: Protect the rights of former slaves and freed blacks.
All persons born in the United States are citizens.
Banned states from denying any person equal protection under the law.
Banned states from denying people of life, liberty, and property without due process

16. Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
Government cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or condition of previous servitude.
Did this allow all Black men the right to vote?

17. Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
Extended the right to vote to women?
Why was this a fundamental change?

18. Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971)
Extended the right to vote to 18-year-olds.
How was this a fundamental change?