It protects people from excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.
Explanation:
<em>In the ratification debate, the Anti-Federalists opposed to the Constitution. They complained that the new system threatened liberties, and failed to protect individual rights. ... One faction opposed the Constitution because they thought stronger government threatened the sovereignty of the states.</em>
The 1956 Suez Crisis began when "<span>C. Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal," since this led to the invasion of the region by Israel, and soon after Great Britain--in an attempt to regain control of the canal zone. </span>
The United States end the negotiations with France during the XYZ Affair because French officials demanded that the United States pay bribes.
The XYZ Affair was an incident in 1978, involving US envoys to France and un-named French diplomats who identified themselves as X, Y, and Z. They demanded substantial bribes and payments from the US envoys in exchange for ceasing of French hostility to US merchant ships as a result of the US entrance into the Jay treaty with Great Britain.
