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Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution

To outline the rights of individuals.

When the constitution was written the individual colonies were asked to ratify it and so give up their independence and form the United States. Since a war for independence had just been fought, the colonies had concerns that the new federal government could become tyrannical and take away the freedoms they had fought so hard to win.

The Bill of Rights was added to the constitution to make it more palatable and remove some of the fears about losing states rights. Even the states that were willing to ratify the constitution without the rights listed were happy to see them spelled out .

The purpose of the constitution is presented in

preamble

What is the main goal of the constitution as stated in the preamble

To protect the people's rights.

How does justice black support the dissenting opinion

by referring to the Waugh v Mississippi university case about protests in fraternities

What is one reason that the Constitutional Convention decided they needed a document to replace the Articles of Confederation

because the articles lacked an outline for a tax system that would pay debts. -apex

Why do justices use precedents in majority opinions and dissents

To show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision

Which branch of government carries out federal laws

Executive.

What is the focus of the bill of rights

The Individual freedoms of people.

Which two amendments in the constitution do both justice fortas and justice black refer to

The First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Which excerpt from tinker v.des moines shows how precedent helps support an argument

"Other cases cited by the Court do not, as implied, follow the McReynolds reasonableness doctrine. West Virginia v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, clearly rejecting the ' reasonableness test, held that the Fourteenth Amendment made the First applicable to the states."

this is the full answer the other guy was just lazy and now since I wrote this I know why

What is written in the Preamble to the Constitution


An explanation that the Constitution's purpose is to prevent abuse in government(apex)

Which of these is a plan that offered the Constitutional Convention a proposal for representation

The New Jersey Plan

Which of these is a compromise of two proposals for representation that were presented to the Constitutional Convention

The Connecticut Compromise

-Apex

Which of these documents was written to guide the new country through the war and to show its legitimacy as a nation

the consititution

In the majority opinion what does Fortas suggest is the reason the school authorities suspended the students

Because they wanted to avoid the discomfort of facing an unpopular view

Lucas explains that the use of necessary in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence

Answer: Apex Quiz 1.2.4

Makes a revolt against Britain seem inescapable

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What is jeffersons use of four premises followed by a conclusion in the preamble is an example of

deductive reasonin

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