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WGU IOC4 Module 14a
The Bill of Rights
Question | Answer |
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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure | Fourth Amendment |
Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. | Eighth Amendment |
Protection from quartering of troops. | Third Amendment |
Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition. | First Amendment |
due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain. | Fifth Amendment |
Powers of states and people. | Tenth Amendment |
Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights. | Ninth Amendment |
Civil trial by jury. | Seventh Amendment |
Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel | Sixth Amendment |
Right to keep and bear arms. | Second Amendment |
The author of the Bill of Rights | James Madison |
Had reservations about the Bill of Rights. He felt that it might limit unspoken rights. | Alexander Hamilton |
Wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights which became a foundation for the Federal Bill of Rights. | George Mason |
Known for a stance proposing that all men were free and equal in nature and that natural rights were inherent to all individuals. His coments were used in presenting the Bill of Rights to the First Congress. | John Locke |