The Bill of Rights

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

• 10

• 12

• 17

• 19

What group supported adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

The Bill of Rights was designed to protect the American people from ________.

Which country's actions caused the Antifederalists to want a Bill of Rights?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

What do the amendments in the Bill of Rights protect?

• The US Government

• The rights and freedoms of individuals

• Only Rich Citizens

True/False: Some states would only ratify the Constitution if they could suggest amendments for the Bill of Rights?

• True

• False

Why did the Federalists think the Bill of Rights was unnecessary?

• Changing the Constitution is complicated.

• Rights were already guranteed

• They wanted to keep power with the central government.

• Putting rights into a list gives the idea that those are the only rights that people have.

Why did colonists need arms to protect themselves?

• Native American Attacks

• Attacks from other countries

• rising up against a tyrannical government

• all of these

How can the amendments in the Bill of Rights be grouped together?

• Personal Rights, Legal Rights, Other Rights

• Personal Rights, Legal Rights, State Power

• They can't be grouped together