Which of the Following Statements About the Bill of Rights

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights is MOST accurate?

• A)America had no tradition of explicitly defined legal rights before the ratification of the first ten amendments to the U.S.Constitution.
• B)As originally written, the Constitution offered no protections to citizens' civil liberties.
• C)The authors of the Constitution always intended to add a Bill of Rights, but felt that it would be best if the people decided which rights needed to be protected.
• D)The authors of the Constitution rejected the inclusion of a Bill of Rights during the deliberation and drafting process.
• E)The authors of the Constitution assumed that civil liberties had to be protected from the actions of state governments, not from the national government.

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