Choose two amendments to the Constitution from the slideshow to research. Research the amendments to answer the following questions: How does the amendment protect citizen rights? Who supported it? Why did they support it? Who did not support it? Why were they against it? When was it introduced? When was it ratified? What history and events led to its ratification?

Amendment XIII:

The 13th Amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment protects citizens' rights because it ensures that the liberty of all people is protected. The amendment was particularly supported by Northern states, and rejected by most Southern states. Northern states supported it because it led to a more egalitarian society. Southern states did not support it because it deeply affected their traditional way of living. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and by the House on January 31, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments that were adopted as a consequence of the American Civil War.

Amendment II:

The Second Amendment states the right of an individual to keep and bear arms. This amendment protects citizens' rights by giving them a way to defend themselves and resist oppression. However, the specific nature and limitations of the amendment have been heavily debated. The amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, and it was influenced by the right to keep and bear arms in English common law. One of the strongest supporters of this amendment was James Madison, who discussed this right in Federalist No. 46.

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