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Day 4 STAAR Review

Day 4 STAAR Review. Bill of Rights and Reconstruction Amendments. Bill of Rights. 1 st 10 amendments to the US Constitution 1 st Amendment - Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press 2 nd Amendment - right to bear arms 3 rd Amendment - no quartering (housing) troops

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Day 4 STAAR Review

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  1. Day 4 STAAR Review Bill of Rights and Reconstruction Amendments

  2. Bill of Rights • 1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution • 1st Amendment- Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press • 2nd Amendment- right to bear arms • 3rd Amendment- no quartering (housing) troops • 4th Amendment- no illegal search and seizure, must obtain warrant

  3. 5th Amendment-due process of law: indictment (officially charged with a crime); no double jeopardy (cannot be tried for the same crime twice); cannot be forced to testify when testimony incriminates ones’ self- “I plead the 5th” • 6th Amendment- trial by jury- criminal case; right to a speedy, public trial • 7th Amendment- trial by jury- civil case (involving money rather than jail) • 8th Amendment- no cruel of unusual punishment • 9th Amendment- people have other rights not listed in the Constitution • 10th Amendment- states have other rights not listed in the Constitution; prevented the government from encroaching on rights of states

  4. Reconstruction Amendments • 13th Amendment- set slaves free; slaves could move and live anywhere they wanted. • 14th Amendment- gave citizenship to ex-slaves and free African Americans; all citizens were now considered equal before the law; this amendment reversed the Dred Scott v Sandford • 15th Amendment- gave right to vote to all African American males; expanded Democracy

  5. 13th- FREE • 14th- CITIZEN • 15th- VOTE

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