Name _____________________________________

Date______________

Guided Notes

The Bill of Rights: Definition:

________________________________________________________
Main purpose: 1. _____________________________________________________
Summarize the main point of each Amendment:
I. Freedom of speech, _______, religion, assembly and _________.
II. The right to _________________________________________.
III.___________________________________________________
IV. The right to search and _______________________________.
V. ___________________________________________________.
VI. The right to a ______________ and _____________ trial.
VII. The right to a ___________ by jury.
VIII. No __________ and _______________ punishment.
IX. _____________________________________________
X. The powers not delegated by the ______________ are served by
the___________.
The death penalty: Based on the information given on the video. Do
You feel the death penalty violates Amendment rights? Why or why not?

What Influences decision making policies? People vote for

Interest that will affect them personally. What type of interest
Affect the way people vote: Write brief points from your quickwrite.
A. _____________________________________________
B. _____________________________________________
C. _____________________________________________

Key Terms:
1. Amendment: an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution
2. Legal: permitted by law; lawful
3. Bill: a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet

enacted or passed and made law

4. Rights: in accordance with what is good, proper, or just
5. Ratify: to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
6. Freedom: the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under

physical restraint

7. Opinion: a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce

complete certainty
8. Search and seizure: examination of a person's property by law enforcement
officials investigating a crime and the taking of items as potential evidence

9. Due process of law: the regular administration of the law, according to which no

citizen may be denied his or her legal rights and all laws must conform to
fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront
his or her accusers.
10.Jury: such a group selected according to law and sworn to inquire into or

determine the facts concerning a cause or an accusation submitted to them and

to render a verdict to a court.

11. Trial: the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a

cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. The determination of
a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
12. Religion: An organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that
relate to humanity to an order of existence.