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What was added to the US constitution in 1791 to protect peoples rights?
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∙ 6y ago
In the US, the US Constitution sets the rules for protecting citizen rights. State constitutions do the same with regard to state laws and their effect on citizens. Individual local laws are designed to protect citizen rights as well.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe First Ten Ammendments, aka the Bill of Rights, were added to the Constitution to ensure and protect individual rights.
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∙ 12y agoThe Bill of Rights. also known as the first ten amendments.
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∙ 14y agoThe Bill of Rights
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∙ 13y agoThe Bill of Rights
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∙ 6y agoThe Bill of Rights was added in 1791.
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What were the controversies over the ratification of the constitution?
The people at the time felt that the Constitution did not fully protect the rights of the people. People were afraid that the national Government would violate their rights, and only passed the Constitution on the condition that a Bill of Rights be added right after.
3 The main reason the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution was to protect the rights of?
African Americans.
Did Article 1 of the constitution come before or after the Bill of Rights?
The Constitution itself was ratified in 1787. The Bill of Rights, the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution, was added to the Constitution in 1789.
How did the federalist feel about the US Constitution?
Anti-federalists thought that the Constitution did not contain enough guarantees of the rights of individual citizens. They were instrumental in having the Bill of Rights added as the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
When the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791 which goal of the Preamble to the Constitution did it meet?
It protected the citizens rights.
Why were the Bill of Rights included with the Constitution?
They were added after the constitution was adopted to protect our rights
What document was added to the constitution to protect the basic freedoms?
Bill of rights
What was added to protect the rights of people?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution known as "the bill of rights"
What was added to the Constitution in order to protect citizens' rights from action of the national government?
Bill of rights!
What is the Bill of Rights and why was it added to the constitution?
the bill of rights is a document made to protect the rights of people of the U.S.A
Was the Constitution written before the Bill of Rights?
Yes it was. The Constitution was written and then the Bill of Rights was added as sort of a compramise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalsits. Many said that the original Constitution did not protect the people's natural rights, so the Bill of Rights was added to it.
Why did some states wanted bill of rights added to the constitution?
to protect the rights of them and they could have freedom and not have a judgmental government
Why did some states. want a bill of rights added to the constitution?
to protect the rights of them and they could have freedom and not have a judgmental government
How did the framers try to protect the rights of citizens of the constitution?
They added the Bill of Rights in order to guarantee the basic rights of all citizens.
Why was the the Bill of Rights added to the constitution?
It was created to please the anti federalists because they thought the constitution was going to take away their rights also it promised to protect people's rights.
Why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
It was created to please the anti federalists because they thought the constitution was going to take away their rights also it promised to protect people's rights.
Why was The Bill of Rights added to the the US Constitution?
The US Bill of Rights was created to protect U.S. citizen's individual liberties.
