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    Amendments 1-27

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    AMENDMENTS 1-27 Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion‚ Press‚ Expression Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment‚ Compensation for Takings Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial‚ Confrontation of Witnesses Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People Amendment 11 - Judicial

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    Unratified Amendments The first unratified amendment was the Congressional Apportionment Amendment purposed on September 25‚ 1789. It was the first one of the twelve amendments produced by the first congress not to be ratified. This amendment was to set a minimum representation for the common people in the new government defined by United States Constitution. The amendment was given no expiration except when the population of the country reached 10 million. The second unratified amendment was the

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    27th Amendment paper

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    The 27th amendment is very unique in that it took about 200 years from the date that is was proposed to the date it was officially ratified by the states. The 27th amendment has to do with pay raises or decreases for the members of Congress. Changes to the Congressional pay are supposed to take effect after the next term of office for the state representatives. This means that another election would have to happen before any pay raises or decreases can take full effect. This amendment clearly affects

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    Amendment Thematic Essay

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    Ian Danahy 9/26/12 Mr. Russel US History Amendment Thematic Essay The world has changed dramatically over the decades. What society believes today may not be what the future may need. There is no method that can predict what will happen in the very near future. The men who helped write the constitution tried to make the constitution apply to all aspects of life but there have been many changes to it to help keep things reasonable and just. The founding fathers created to constitution

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    Essay On 4th Amendment

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    Without the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution‚ America would be a very different place. The framers of the United States Constitution anticipated the necessity of an amendment that would protect citizens from a government that would potentially overstep its boundaries. The Fourth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights as one of the guarantees afforded to all citizens protecting rights to privacy and illegal search and seizure. In today’s society with the new technologies for surveillance

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    The Lost Amendment Essay

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    The Lost Amendment Although the Second Amendment was adopted in 1791 there are still two different interpretations to whether the amendment refers to all individual rights to bear arms or strictly the right to bear arms when forming militias. The Second Amendment is an amendment that is a part of the first ten amendments that are referred to as the Bill of Rights. Adopted in 1791 these amendments protect the citizens from the gov’t in order to prevent a tyrannical gov’t. The New Yorker article

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    First Amendment Megan Cresse His/301 June 18‚ 2013 Karen Levosky Reflections on the First Amendment The First Amendment is one of the most important Amendments in the Bill of Rights. The forefathers felt that the Bill of Rights was needed in the Constitution to assure the rights of the people and proceeded to add such protection in the First Amendment. Presently and throughout history the First Amendment stands as an important role in America. Many believe it is the most valued Amendment that

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    First Amendment? The First Amendment is the first official change to the Constitution of the United States of America. It protects your basic rights such as the freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of press‚ and freedom to petition. Before the Constitution was signed‚ each new states’ representatives agreed that if they sign it a section would be added to protect citizens’ basic rights. These first ten changes are called the Bill of Rights‚ each of the amendments focuses

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    Civil War Amendments

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    war with itself over slavery. This war is known as the Civil War. The Civil War amendments (13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th) deeply impacted both black and white people of America. The 13th amendments states‚ "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States‚ or any other place in their jurisdiction." The 13th amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States in 1865. The amendment freed an estimate of 3 million slaves when ratified. The now‚ legally free‚ former

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    of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution that occurred on August 18‚ 1920. Sources such as Wikipedia detail the extensive process of the approval of women’s suffrage that took place over the span of about forty years and the opposition it overcame to become an amendment‚ however it fails to explain the men’s role in the women’s suffrage movement‚ particularly in the state of Tennessee‚ which was the last state’s vote needed to approve its ratification as an amendment to the US Constitution

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