The Founding Fathers wanted to limit the power of the federal government due to the fact that the colonists had just fought a war against an oppressive king, so the Founding Fathers wanted to ensure that the new government system of the United States would not allow one person to seize power and become a king of sorts
1ST AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : gave the rights to religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2ND AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the right to bear arms (weapons and etc.)
3RD AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the quartering of the soldiers. (the right to have no military in your home except during war time.)
4TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the right to search and seize (search and seizure) (meaning no unreasonable searches)
5TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : contained grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and due process (basically the right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself.)
6TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the rights of accused in criminal trials/persecutions, rights to jury trial, to confront opposing witnesses, and to counsel. (which is basically a right to a speedy and public trial.)
7TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : jury trial rights (also a right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 or more)
8TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : protection against excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment (the right to fair fines and bails, along with no cruel or unusual punishment)
9TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the non-enumerated rights (individual rights. basically that rights that are not in the constitution are still rights given to citizens)
10TH AMENDMENT : state rights. any right not given to the constitution is given to the states in legislate.
11TH AMENDMENT : this meant that you could not sue another state except with permission by that state's judicial system.
12TH AMENDMENT : the electoral college must have two separate elections for president and vice president.
13TH AMENDMENT : emancipation, meaning that all slaves are free.
14TH AMENDMENT : meant that foreign born citizens can vote.
15TH AMENDMENT : all men have the right to vote, including ex-slaves.
16TH AMENDMENT :in which the Federal Income Tax is established.
17TH AMENDMENT : where people can elect their own U.S. senators
18TH AMENDMENT : in which alcohol is prohibited
19TH AMENDMENT : in which women get the right to vote
20TH AMENDMENT : in which they decide that January 20th is the day a President takes Office.
21ST AMENDMENT : in which they decide that alcohol is no longer illegal, and in which the 18th amendment is struck down.
22ND AMENDMENT : where they decide that a President can only have 2 terms in office.
23RD AMENDMENT : where Washington D.C. can vote for a President.
24TH AMENDMENT : you may not charge people money if they want to register to vote.
25TH AMENDMENT : lays down the rules for who becomes President if the President dies/resigns.
26TH AMENDMENT : where you can vote at the age of 18.
27TH AMENDMENT : in which Congressmen cannot vote to give themselves a raise in the same term.
– Trench Warfare was not very effective because it caused a stalemate between the sides.
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<u>The feature of the western world which effected the way of fighting the war was the development of Trench Warfare. Once the war-related to ‘Race to Sea' got over, the conflict was now shifted to holding on to positions. To hold on to the positions,</u> The army wanted to keep themselves out from firing range of machine guns and for that, Soldiers had to dig down into defensive positions and that was when the trenches were introduced. The trenches were dug along the length along the front and it was very clear that these hastily dug ditches were made to be permanent and because of that, they involved into complex systems which were defensive on both the sides and the area which was opposing to this trenches was known as 'no Man's land'.<u> Trench warfare was considered as deadlier for attackers then defenders and attackers suffered twice the causalities during an assault on the trench line of Enemy. Because of all these attackers faced during an assault, The western front became one of the Stalemate.
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Learn more:
1. According to Roger Williams, how did the English usually justify their attacks on the Indians?
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2. How did congress approach reconstruction after the civil war?
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Grade – High School
Subject – History
Chapter – Trench Warfare
Keywords –Trench Warfare, Causalities, Assault, Attack, Defenders, Stalemate, Western Front, Soldiers, Guns, Defensive Positions, Ditches.
