2008 test · 5/100Principles of American Democracy

Question 5 (2008): What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

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• the Bill of Rights
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The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights, kiddo: speech, religion, a lawyer, a fair trial…

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