Bill of Rights

While in this class, we discussed the Bill of Rights and each and every one of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is important because it protects our basic human rights and personal liberties and it allows us to know when we are permitted these rights and to what extent.

First Amendment: freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; the right of petition/protest.

Second Amendment: the right to bear arms.

Third Amendment: limit on quartering troops.

Fourth Amendment: protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment: protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

Sixth Amendment: the right to a fair and speedy trial.

Seventh Amendment: trial by jury in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment: protects against cruel and unusual punishment and it protects against excessive bail.

Ninth Amendment: people retain rights.

Tenth Amendment: powers not delegated to the U.S goes to the states or the people.

We also had to do a project on our favorite amendment, my group chose to do the second and fourth amendment. We decided to do these two because we felt that these were the easier ones to do a book on, we included the amendments word by word and a summary of each one as well as a drawing of each one.