1. Returning Tests Double check my math
Let me know if I missed any bonus points you earned
DO NOT throw your test away
Your midterm will be made up of the exact same questions

2. Making Up Points For example:
If you wish to regain credit for missed questions on your exam you must:
Rewrite or retype the questions you missed on a loose-leaf piece of paper with the correct answer
Must be turned in at the beginning of next class in hand
For example:
Question: What is a faction?
Correct answer: a coalition of like-minded people

3. Warm Up What is an amendment? Why do we have amendments?
How many amendments do we have?
What are our first 10 Amendments?

4. Chapter 6 The Bill of Rights

5. 6.1 Adding the Bill of Rights
Tradition of a Bill of Rights
Magna Carta- 1215
English Bill of Rights- 1689
List of rights given to the people by the government which they cannot take away

6. 6.1 Adding the Bill of Rights
Amendments- changes/additions to our Constitution which allow our government to adapt over time
The list of Amendments to our Constitution can be found at the end of the Constitution
Page 148
Over the 220 years that the Constitution has been in power there has been 27 Amendments added to the Constitution

7. 6.1 Adding the Bill of Rights
The Amendment Process- a difficult 2-step process that requires a proposal at the national level and ratification (approval) at the state level
A Proposal can happen 1 of 2 ways:
1. Proposed by Congress with support of 2/3 of both houses
***All 27 Amendments have happened this way***
2. Proposed by a National Convention called by 2/3 of state legislatures
***This has never happened***
Ratification can happen 1 of 2 ways:
1. Approved by ¾ of all state legislatures
***This has been the case for 26 Amendments***
2. Approved by ¾ of special state conventions
***This has happened for 1 Amendment***

8. Amendment Process

9. Amendment Process

10. 6.1 Adding the Bill of Rights
The United States’ Bill of Rights is our Constitution’s First 10 Amendments
The First 10 Amendments were written as a compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists promised to add a Bill of Rights if the Constitution was ratified

11. 11/8 Warm Up
What is a right?
What are the 3 categories that we divide the Bill of Rights into?
What are 3 of the personal freedoms you have guaranteed to you by the Bill of Rights?

12. 6.2 Adding the Bill of Rights
Right- protection that a citizen has against the government
3 Categories in our Bill of Rights:
1. Individual freedoms
2. Protections against government abuse of power
3. Rights of citizens accused of crimes

13. 6.2 Bill of Rights 1st Amendment- Individual Freedoms
Freedom of Religion
Establishment Clause- separation of church and state
Freedom of Speech
Speak and write. Including symbolic speech
Freedom of the Press
Papers and TV stations may publicize whatever they want
Freedom of Assembly
Protests or picketing
Freedom of Petition
Letters, s, phone calls to Politicians

14. 6.2 Bill of Rights
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Amendment- Protections Against Government Abuse of Power
2nd- Right to Bear Arms
Militia and the right to defend themselves
3rd- Quartering
Military cannot use your house to sleep soldiers
4th- Search and Seizure
Government/Police cannot search your property without warrant or probable cause
5th- Eminent Domain
Government may take your property for public use (Ohio River Bridges). Government must pay appropriate price however

15. 6.2 Bill of Rights
5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th- Protections of those Accused of Crimes aka Due Process
5th Amendment
Right to Silence, a person must be accused by a jury, and Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment
Speedy Trial, Public Trial, Trial by Jury, Right to a lawyer, Habeas Corpus, and a person must know what they are accused of
7th Amendment
Permits a trial by jury as long as value in dispute exceeds $20
8th Amendment
Fair treatment to those being held- bails, cruel and unusual punishment

16. 6.2 Bill of Rights 9th Amendment 10th Amendment- Reserved Powers
Citizen’s rights are not limited to the above amendments
10th Amendment- Reserved Powers
The states have all powers not listed in the Constitution

17. On a blank sheet of paper with a partner
Research a Supreme Court Case from the list below: and answer the following questions:
1. Name of the Case and the Year
2. What Amendment is involved and how is that Amendment is involved
3. Explain the issue or the situation. Why is there a case going on?
4. What are BOTH sides of the argument. What do both sides use as a defense/argument?
5. How did the Supreme Court rule? What was the number of justices for and against? Which side did they support and how did they justify their ruling?
6. Do you agree with this ruling? Why or why not?
7. Do you think this ruling gives you more or less freedom? (AKA does it restrict your freedoms or extend your freedoms?)

18. Supreme Court Case Options
Collins v. Smith
Employment Division v. Smith
Schenck v, US
Texas v. Johnson
Near v. Minnesota
New York Times v. Sullivan
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Korematsu v. US
Roe v. Wade
Paul Jennings Hill Trial

19. 13-15th Amendment 13th Amendment- 14th Amendment- 15th Amendment-
Freed all slaves
14th Amendment-
Guaranteed equal rights to all citizens under the law
15th Amendment-
Allowed all male citizens the right to vote

20. 6.1 Adding the Bill of Rights
Why is the Amendment process so difficult?
What is the difference between a National Convention and Congress?
What is the difference between State Legislatures and State Conventions?
What is the only Amendment to be ratified in state conventions instead of state legislatures?
Why was this Amendment Ratified in this way?
Draw a Graphic Organizer representing the Amendment Process

21. Important Supreme Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights
Choose 2 cases and answer the questions
Mapp v. Ohio
Schenck v. United States
Miller v. California
Erznoznik v. Jacksonville
Texas v. Johnson
McCleskey v. Kemp
Jacobson v. US
US v. Montoya de Hernandez
Engel v. Vitale
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Employment Division v. Smith
Near v. Minnesota
New York Times v. US
Collins v. Smith
NAACP v. Alabama
Paul Jennings Hill
What was his argument?