Question

Which of the following statements describes part of the Bill of Rights? It contains the powers and policy areas reserved to the state governments. It contains the individual liberties that the national government must uphold. It lists the powers that citizens have to directly legislate government reforms. It lists the grievances against the colonial government that inspired independence.

Answer 1

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including the First Amendment. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in order to appease Anti-Federalists who thought the new Constitution did not provide adequate safeguards for rights of the people.