AP U.S. Government and Politics / Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
3.1 The Bill of Rights
Notes
The first ten amendments (1791) protect individual liberties from government. Civil liberties are freedoms protected from government; civil rights are protections from discrimination.
Practice
The Bill of Rights originally limited:
Later applied to states by incorporation.
Freedom of speech is a:
Protection from government.
The Bill of Rights was added mainly to win support from:
Ratification compromise.
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