Amend1C7

1C7
=First Amendment=

Ten Questions

1. What is the First Amendment? The First Amendment is an Amendment to the U.S constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of rights, prohibiting congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition. (H)

2. What things did constitution prohibits? United states constitution prohibits the making laws, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. (H)

3. Where did Supreme Court applied the First Amendment? The First Amendment　applied only to laws enacted by the Congress. The Supreme Court applied the First Amendment to states, a process known as incorporation through the Due Process Claus of the Fourteenth Amendment. (H)

4. Who corresponded the call for “a wall of separation between church and state? Thomas Jefferson corresponded to call for "a wall of separation between church and state." (H)

5. How the Supreme Court overturned English common law? The Supreme Court overturned English common law precedent to increase the burden of proof for defamation and libel suits, most notably in New York times Co.v Sullivan 1964. (H)

6. When was the law prohibits by the constitution? The law was prohibits by the constitution in December 15,1791. (H)

7. When was the First Amendment submitted? The First Amendment was submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. (H)

8. Why was the First Amendment important? The First Amendment is important, because without our basic and essential rights established by that First Amendment. (H)

9. When was the new constitution proposed in Philadelphia? The new constitution proposed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. (M)

10. Who was representative Amendment? Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. (M) = = = = = Essential Question: How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied to today? =

= =

= = = =