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The Bill of Rights is the name given to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights consists of guarantees of civil liberties and checks on state power; it was added in order to convince states to ratify the Constitution.

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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a series of civil liberty protections and checks on governmental power that were added to the Constitution to encourage states to ratify it.
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