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out the following rights and explain how it is important to you!

Amendment Description In your own words/real life example

The First The First Amendment is so important
1 Amendment provides especially during the current times. Today I
participated in a Black Lives Matter protest
several rights protections: and am so grateful the constitution permits
to express ideas us to be able to use our voices to make
through speech and change in this manner.
the press, to assemble or
gather with a group
to protest or for other
reasons, and to ask the
government to Bix problems.
It also protects the right to
religious beliefs and
practices. It prevents the
government from creating
or favoring a religion.
The Second People are allowed to have guns (differs
2 Amendment protects the depending on circumstances). They can use
them for hunting, for example.
right to keep and bear arms.
The Third Amendment People are not obligated to house soldiers
3 prevents government from and give up their homes.
forcing homeowners to
allow soldiers to use their
homes. Before the
Revolutionary War, laws
gave British soldiers the
right to take over private
homes.
The Fourth If the police wanted to look in my purse, I
4 Amendment bars the can tell them I don't want to show them my
personal belongings.
government
from unreasonable search
and seizure of an
individual or their private
property.
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The Fifth Amendment If someone stole a car, they may choose not
5 provides several to answer any questions about the stolen car.
protections for people
accused of crimes. It states
that serious criminal
charges must be started by
a grand jury. A person
cannot be tried twice for
the same offense (double
jeopardy) or have property
taken away without just
compensation. People have
the right against self-
incrimination and cannot
be imprisoned without due
process of law (fair
procedures and trials.)
The Sixth Amendment If I stole money from my boss’s safe, and he
6 provides additional gave the police the video, after the police
protections to people show me the video I can decide to get a
accused of crimes, such as lawyer to help me.
the right to a speedy and
public trial, trial by an
impartial jury in criminal
cases, and to be informed of
criminal charges. Witnesses
must face the accused, and
the accused is allowed his
or her own witnesses and to
be represented by a lawyer.
The Seventh Amendment If you run over someone’s bike with your car,
7 extends the right to a jury you have the right to a trial by jury.
trial in Federal civil cases.
The Eighth Amendment In the United States, someone won’t be sent
8 bars excessive bail and to jail for illegal parking.
Aines and cruel and
unusual punishment.
The Ninth Amendment There are some rights we have which are not
9 states that listing speciBic spelled out in the constitution like safety,
rights in the Constitution privacy, and education.
does not mean that people
do not have other rights
that have not been spelled
out.
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The Tenth Amendment Marriage, divorce laws, education, and the

10 says that the Federal minimum driving are are some examples.
Government only has those
powers delegated in the
Constitution. If it isn’t listed,
it belongs to the states or to
the people.
The Fourteenth This is one of three amendments meant to
14 Amendment to the U.S. abolish slavery and establish legal and civil
Constitution, ratiBied in rights for all black Americans.
1868, granted citizenship to
all persons born or
naturalized in the United
States—including former
slaves—and guaranteed all
citizens “equal protection
of the laws.”
The 19th This amendment is so important because it
19 amendment guarantees all helped millions of women move closer to
equality in all aspects of American life. This
American women the right is very important to me because I am
to vote. directly affected by it. It allows all women,
including myself, the right to have a say in
our democracy and use my vote for leaders
who will represent myself and my ideas.