USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What rights were the Bill of Rights created to protect?
A
all rights known to mankind
B
unalienable rights
C
protection from aliens
D
your right to participate in government
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual-like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Founders believed that natural rights are inherent in all people by virtue of their being human and that certain of these rights are unalienable, meaning they cannot be surrendered to government under any circumstances.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain “inalienable” natural rights. That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property."

Detailed explanation-4: -They are (in order) freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to “peaceably” assemble, and the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances. ‘’ All five freedoms were disrupted in some way during and after the lockdowns, protests, and campaigning following the 2020 pandemic.

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