Founding of America

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Which document is this from? Options: US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights

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Which document is this from?

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US Constitution

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“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Which document is this?

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Declaration of Independence

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What document is this? We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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US Constitution

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The bill of rights was added to the Constitution primarily to

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protect individual liberties

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Which statement from the Declaration of Independence influenced Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution? Options: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.", "He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.", "To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.", "These United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and... they are Absolved from the Allegiance to the British Crown."

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"To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

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What is the intended result of the First Amendment?

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to limit the power of the federal government

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Unalienable rights are....?

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rights given to you when you are born

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This amendment provides for freedom from self-incrimination, right to remain silent and freedom from being tried for the same crime twice.

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5th

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This amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

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4th