23 years after Sweden guaranteed a free press, the United States did the same with the ______ Amendment to the Constitution

__________ was the first nation to constitutionally guarantee freedom of the press.

_______________ is Sweden’s earliest champion of individual freedom and publisher of the National Gain, his own arguments for free markets and personal freedom, in the 1760s.

The ____________ concept demands that governments, as well as the people, have to live by the law.

Living in the __________________, we must be careful consumers of media, questioning what we read/hear, especially before sharing it.

Freedom of the press ensures citizens have _________________________.

After ____ attempts by the King of Sweden to shut down Aftonbladet, published by Lars Johan Hierta, he finally gave up.

After the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, ________ and _________, began to rise.

Like all rights, a free press comes with ____________________.

A great invention that revolutionized human advancement is a /the _______________.

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Before the printing press, _________ were a luxury only affordable by the wealthy because each had to be painstakingly created by hand.

Americans expect that no government __________ will fall upon writers who criticize those in power.

In 1609, the first modern newspaper appeared in ___________ and newspapers quickly spread throughout Europe. A) B) C) D)

With the automation of the press, books and newspapers could be printed in large quantities and they became affordable such that people everywhere began to read, write, and _______________.

Living under the rule of the Swedish king, ______________ argued for minimal state power, low taxes, and land rights for peasant farmers.

Freedom of the press is meant to _________________________.

Our third President, _______________, said, “Wherever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”

Today, being _________ means questioning what you’ve been told, seeking out multiple sources, and researching the facts presented to make sure that they’re accurate.

With so much free press and information offered through papers, blogs, posts, videos, and websites, it is difficult to tell the difference between facts, opinions, _____, and flat-out wrong information.