The Bill of Rights

What is the common purpose of the Ninth and Tenth amendments?

They protected rights not listed in the Constitution

James Madison presented nineteen amendments to Congress. Why were only ten approved?

Only ten amendments were ratified by the states.

____ are the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights that cannot be taken away by law.

Civil liberties

James Madison did not believe that the Bill of Rights was necessary but drafted the amendments because there was popular support for them. What best explains why there was popular support for the amendments?

People felt that the Constitution did not sufficiently protect their rights.

Which best describes why some people such as James Madison thought that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary?

Rights that were not listed would be unprotected.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a list of the civil liberties and rights of citizens of the United States

The First Amendment protects the right to

free speech

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ____ amendments to the Constitution.

ten

Which amendment was designed to allay Anti-Federalist fears of a central government with too much power?

the Tenth Amendment

What does the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel guarantee an accused criminal to?

the right to a lawyer