SS7 The Bill of Rights

having decision making power or the power to command

• authority

• prohibit

• draftsman

not willing, hesitant, resistant

• prohibit

• proposed

• reluctant

changes made to a legal document

• guarantee

• amendment

• draftsman

author of a legal document

• draftsman

• authority

• guarantee

to put forward an idea for consideration

• guarantee

• propose

• prohibit

to forbid or disallow

• prohibit

• propose

• guarantee

to promise or provide assurance of something

• authority

• amendments

• guarantee

What is an amendment?

• An amendment is a machine for sewing clothes.

• An amendment is a change that is made to an official legal document.

• A group of 25 or more people is called an amendment.

Who authored the Bill of Rights?

• Roger Sherman

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Choose the answer below that lists 3 of the many freedoms guaranteed to U.S. citizens in the Bill of Rights.

• free speech, freedom to worship, and freedom to gather together in protest

• free speech, freedom to eat ice cream for breakfast, and freedom to sleep until noon

• free speech, freedom to stay up all night, and freedom to eat popcorn for dinner