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American CivicsBy Ethan smith

Ms.Henry


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Citizenship


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Citizens Rights Vs. Citizens

Responsibilities

Rights

Rights are thingspeople are aloud to

do freely

Right to bear arms

Right to freedom of

speech Right to freedom of

religion

Responsibilities

Responsibilities arethings people must do

Must be juror if asked

Must pay taxes

Must follow the law


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Bill of Rights

First Amendment: Right tofree speech and religion Rightto free press Right to assemblepeacefully Right to complain to

government Second Amendment: Right

to bear arms

Third Amendment:Government cant make youhave soldiers in your house

Fourth Amendment:Property can not be searchedwithout a warrant

Fifth Amendment: protectsaccused peoples rights

Sixth Amendment: Right afair and speedy trial

Seventh Amendment: juryin civil cases must be present

Eighth Amendment: nocruel or unusual punishment

Ninth Amendment: Rightsare not limited by theconstitution

Tenth Amendment: Powerthe federal governmentdoesnt have is the states orpeoples

the first 10 amendments to the constitution

designed to give citizens rights and responsibilities


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Due Process of Law

The due process of law is a fair trial

It protects peoples rights by making surepeople dont lose their rights by unfair trial


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Amendment Process


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Rights Vs. Responsibilities

Amendment made

2/3 of congressMake it

2/3 of statesMake it

of eitherStates orCongress

Approve it

The reason for theamendment processis to make sure that a

majority are happywith the amendment


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Representative Democracy


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Electing Government Officials

According to theTwelfth amendment

The president and

vice president areelected using theelectoral college

According to theSeventeenthamendment senators

are elected by thepeople


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Voting Rights

15th amendment: can vote regardless ofrace

19th amendment: woman can vote

23rd amendment: Provides representation

24th amendment: no poll taxes

26th

amendment: can vote at age 18


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Branches of Government


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The Branches of Government

Checks and Balancesare powers brancheshave over each other

They were made tostop a branch fromhaving to muchpower

government

Legislative branch:Makes laws

Judicial branch:enforces laws

executive branch:Leads country to warAnd vetoes laws


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Checks and Balances

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

Legislative Branch

Choosesjudges

Vetoes laws


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Symbols of Our Country


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The Bald Eagle

The bald eagle is ournational bird and is asymbol of freedom to

all


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The Flag

The flag is a symbolof freedom andgreatness to our

country


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The Great Seal of the U.S.

The seal of the U.S.has a eagle holdingspears which

represent war andolive leaves whichrepresent peace


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The Statue of Liberty

The statue of libertyis a gift given to theU.S. and has been

part of our cultureever since


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The National Anthem

The national anthem is a songthat was written in the civilwar by a prisoner on aconfederate boat

O say can you see by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilousfight,O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,

As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,

A home and a country, should leave us no more?Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.No refuge could save the hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war's desolation.Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave


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The Pledge of Allegiance

The pledge ofallegiance is recitedby students at school

every morning beforeclass

I Pledge of allegiance tothe flag and to therepublic for which it

stands one nationindivisible with libertyand justice for all


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Bibliography

The student text book

Wikipedia

Icivics.com

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