1st Amendment

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1st Amendment

• Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
  Petition

2
Freedom of Religion

• Establishment Clause
• Prohibits Congress from establishing an official
  religion in the U.S.
• Separation of church and state
• Free Exercise Clause
• Guarantees Americans the right to practice
  religion as they wish
• Freedom of religious worship

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Freedom of Speech

• Guarantees Americans the right to say what is on
  their minds, in public or in private, without
  fear of punishment
• Does not permit speech that harms other people
• Slander intentionally and falsely smearing
  someones reputation in speech
• Does not include the right to endanger the
  government
• Treason
• Also called freedom of expression

4
Freedom of Press

• Protects our rights to publish information freely
• Libel - No one is allowed to publish info that
  will harm others reputation
• Cant endanger the government
• Americans have the right to read what other
  people have published
• Ban/ Censorship?

5
Freedom of Assembly

• Protects the right to assemble peacefully
• Protects the right to form and join organizations

6
Right to Petition

• Guarantees the right to petition the government
• Petition formal request
• We have the right to express our ideas to the
  government.

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• Freedoms do not allow us to do things that break
  the law!

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Journal

• Give examples from your own lives of how you are
  able to exercise the five 1st Amendment freedoms.