Benchmark 3- Freedom of Expression

In the Preamble, what does it mean when it says, "We the people..."?

• The constitution was written for all the people of the United States.
• The constitution was only written for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention.

What are natural rights and freedoms?

• rights the government gives you when you turn 16.
• rights you must earn by paying your taxes and serving on jury duty.
• rights you are born with that cannot be taken away from you.
• rights King George III gave the colonists.

What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble
• Bill of Rights

What is an amendment?

• A new law
• A leader from a state
• A change or addition to a document
• An agreement made between two groups

Who wrote the Bill of Rights?

• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison

All the rights under the Amendment 1 is called the Freedom of ______________.

• Assembly
• Expression
• Press
• Religion

We may gather together and discuss issues about the government because of our freedom of _______________.

• assembly
• religion
• press
• speech

Publishing new through any form of media is legal because of our freedom of the _____________.

• assembly
• press
• religion
• petition

We can speak our minds thanks to our freedom of ___________.

• religion
• speech
• press
• petition

We also have the right to _________________ the government, which means joining together as citizens on a topic to present to our representatives in the form of signatures on a paper.

• press
• speech
• assembly
• petition