Bill of Rights and Later Amendments

I signed a document asking for a new sidewalk to be built in my neighborhood. What right am I exercising?

• assembly

• speech/ expression

• petition

• religion

I stood with a group of people in front of the State Capitol Building in Tallahassee to show that I disagreed with a new law. What right am I exercising?

• assembly

• speech/ expression

• petition

• religion

Which judicial principle is demonstrated when suspects are allowed to "plead the 5th?"

• no self-incrimination

• no double jeopardy

• due process of law

• eminent domain

Which principle is demonstrated when government needs to buy your land to build a roadway, and they pay you a fair price?

• no self-incrimination

• no double jeopardy

• due process of law

• eminent domain

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Daily News

July 9, 1868

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14th Amendment Ratified

Privileges and Immunities of all Citizens Protected.

All Citizens Guaranteed Due Process and Equal Protection.

How did this event affect the rights of U.S. citizens?

• Citizens were guaranteed a future bill of

  rights.

• Women were allowed to vote in all federal

  elections.

• Citizens were protected against unfair and arbitrary acts by state governments.

• No state could secede from the Union without the permission of the remaining states.

Before the Civil War, a large number of people in Southern states were enslaved. Which amendment changed this situation by prohibiting involuntary servitude?

• 10th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment