As originally presented in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights . . .?

Question

a. limited only the power of the national government, not that of the states.

b. protected citizens from all forms of government.

c. protected citizens from the national and state governments, but not from local governments.

d. limited only the power of state governments.

Answer 1

A. It was the 14th Amendment that extended Bill of Rights protection to include the states.

Answer 2

First, the Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.

Second, these were the enumeration of the rights of the people and the states that prededed and superceded the federal government and the Constitution. The federal government derived its powers from the people and the states - and the BoR codified the rights the people and the states retained above the powers of the federal government.

B. is the correct answer - as part of the creation of the federal government was that in the limited powers given it, its rulings on those issues were supreme.

Answer 3

A

When the Constitution was written, people were afraid that the federal government would oppress the states, or the people.

The 14th Amendment, drafted after the Civil War, protected people from oppresion by the states.

Answer 4

B. Those rights in the first ten amendments were meant for all citizens against all forms of government

Answer 5

A.

See Barron v. Baltimore, circa 1832.

Answer 6

B. See Amendment X.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

b