NAME Natalie Echols
Guided Reading Activity
The Constitution
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Lesson 3 Amendments
Review Questions
Directions: Read each main idea. Use your text to supply the details that support or explain each
main idea.
A. Main Idea: The Constitution is a flexible, enduring document in part because of the amendment process.
1. Detail: Amendments may be proposed by a
vote of the House and Senate or
the freedom of
DATE 10/5/22
to assemble and petition the government.
their homes.
of the states asking Congress to call a convention.
2. Detail: Proposed amendments must be ratified by
through the state legislatures or through special state conventions.
B. Main Idea: The first ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, protect individual rights by limiting
government powers.
1. Detail: The First Amendment protects the right of Americans to worship as they please and protects
and the right of the people
of the
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networks
3. Detail: The.
of the states, either
2. Detail: The Second Amendment ensures citizens the right to bear
weapons, while the Third Amendment protects people from being forced to shelter soldiers in
or own
Amendment protects Americans' privacy by limiting the
government's power to conduct search and seizures without a reasonable basis, called
4. Detail: The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments provide protections and rights for persons
accused of crimes. The Ninth Amendment prevents the government from limiting people's rights to
only those in the Bill of Rights; and the Tenth Amendment says that powers not given to the
are retained by the
or the people.