Amend1C4

=1-C4= =First Amendment=

Essential Question: How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied to today?

__** Amendment 1: **__ “Congress cannot make any laws that forbid the freedom of religion, speech, or press and the right of people to form a request for the relief of conditions that may cause harm.”

__** Questions: **__ 1. What year did the amendment pass? M.K 2. How many people voted against the amendment? M.K 3. Why was freedom of religion allowed in America while some things such as human sacrifice wasn’t? M.K 4. When was the first amendment written? M.K 5. Why was this amendment written? M.K 6. What type of speech is not protected by the first amendment? H.A 7. How long did it take for the first amendment to pass? M.K 8. Who introduced the first amendment? M.K 9. Where was the first amendment written? M.K 10. Is the first amendment useful? M.K

__** Answers: **__ 1. The first amendment came into effect on December 15, 1791. M.K [] 2. The state Delaware rejected the first amendment while others like Maryland and North Carolina approved all of the ten amendments. [] 3. Freedom of religion is allowed in America as some things such as human sacrifice isn't because it may change the freedom of speech, the right to a peaceable assemble, or the freedom of press. M.K [] 4. The first amendment was written on 1789 by James Madison. M.K [] 5. This amendment was written because citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of press. M.K [] 6. The types of speech that are not protected by the freedom of speech part in the first amendment are fighting words such as speech that may incite violence, threats, and crimes involving speech. M.K [] 7. The first amendment, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, took two years to ratify. M.K [] 8. James Madison introduced the first amendment as well as the first 10 amendments included in the Bill of Rights. M.K [] 9. The first amendment was written is Pennsylvania, PA, although it can be traced to a bill written by Thomas Jefferson in 1777. M.K [] 10. Yes the first amendment is useful and important. The first amendment protects our rights of speech, religion, and press. M.K []