Guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petitionish the government

Protects the right to bear arms

Troops cannot be housed in a private citizen's home

Protects against unreasonable search and seizure, a search warrant is need

Provides due process of law

Guarantees speedy trial and the right to call own witnesses

Guarantees jury trial

No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishments

All rights not mentioned are still guaranteed against government infringement

All powers not specifically delegated to the federal government belong to the states or people.

US citizens cannot sue foreign subjects

Electoral college casts separate ballots for President and Vice President

Slavery deemed unconstitutional

Section 1: Gave federal government responsibility for guaranteeing equal rights under the law to all Americans
Section 2: Penalized the South for denying black voting rights by reducing Congressional representation
Section 3: denied federal office to those who had taken the oath of office to support the Constitution and then supported the Confederacy
Section 4: The Confederacy debt is considered void

• If the Southern states did not ratify this, Congress would block readmittance to the Union

Prohibits any state from denying a male citizen the right to vote because of race, color or previous condition of servitude

• States still limited suffrage by requiring literacy tests, property qualification or poll taxes

Federal income tax instated

Direct election of senators

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

• Repealed with the 21st Amendment in 1933

Gave women the right to vote

Section 1: Changed the Presidential and Vice Presidential terms to end on January 20th; Senator and Representative terms end January 3rd
Section 2: Congress has to meet at least once a year
Section 3: If the President dies, the Vice President will become President (and the line of succession)

Repealed the 18th Amendment

President is limited to two terms in office

The District of Columbia can elect and appoint Senators and Representatives similar to the states

Poll or any other kind of tax denying the right to voting is declared illegal

If the President dies or resigns, the Vice President assumes control (the same as the 20th Amendment...?)

Citizens 18 and older are able to vote

Changes made to the Senators' or Representatives' salary must be approved by an election of representatives

• originally proposed September 25, 1789

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html

• In May 1787, 55 delegates came together in Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation. What they did was create a new Constitution, a plan of government designed to solve the governmental problems experienced under the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution they created has remained a flexible, living document that continues to guide this nation today.
• http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/brief_review/us_history/essay_questions/unit2.cfm

• Thomas Jefferson, February 15, 1791
• The Writings of George Washington, The Whiskey Rebellion Proclamation
• The Debates . . . on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Jonathan Elliot, The Virginia Legislature Protests (1798)
• [Word document] http://whs.rocklin.k12.ca.us/tbannister/site/assets/AP_US_Unit_2/1785-1800_DBQ's/2.0%201790s%20Foreign%20and%20Domestic.doc