March 9-13

Monday - We went over the maps and are having a class quiz tomorrow.

Amendment 4 & 5

Grants right to grand jury
Protects against double jeopardy
Protects against self-incrimination
Cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law
Ratified in 1791
Created to protect the basic rights of the accused
Still very important today
Controversy
- 3 witnesses
- Refused to testify in secret hearing
- They could have incriminated selves

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

You have the right to a trial cannot charge and hold you
The colonist wanted a fair court system
Controversy
- Woman ran away with her kids
- She waived rights
- Didn't want a jury
- Was with a judge

Amendment 8

Tuesday - We had a class quiz and got 10/10 on it and went over Middle East. The class quiz will be on Thursday.

Amendment 9

Amendment 10

The government doesn't have all the power and the people and states have some power
Ratified December 15,1791
It was important to pass because it gives states and people the say in laws and decisions
Controversy
- Gay marriage
- States get to decide

Amendment 11

A state can't be sue by a citizen from another state
Case can't be heard by federal court unless state says so
Ratified February 7,1995
4 exceptions
- countries and cities
- waive
- due process clause of the 14th amendment
- injunction

Amendment 12

Election of president and vice president
Electoral college
Before electoral college
- Two candidates
- Caused the president and vice president to fight against each other
- The one who won was the president
- The loser was the vice president
Controversy
- Gorge W. Bush vs. Al Core
- Al Gore won popular vote, but lost the Electoral College
- Many people said Al Gore should of won

Wednesday - We did the rest of our presentation and our skits.

Amendment 18

Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States
Ratified January 16,1919
Allowed for medicine and religious use
Was to decrease crime
Instead increased crime with Mafia
Controversy
- Marijuana
- People compared to prohibition
- Some states authorized the sale

Amendment 19

Prohibits citizens from being denied to vote on the basis of sex
Ratified on August 18,1920
Men didn't like it at first
- Thought women didn't know anything
- Women weren't well educated
- Women stayed home
Controversy
- Philadelphia
- She didn't have id
- So she couldn't vote
- Other people were able to even thought they didn't have id

Thursday - We got a 10/10 on the Middle East class quiz. We took a break from presentations and are doing current events.

Ferguson

Two Cops Shot

Secret Service

Iran

Current Supreme Leader is of Iran and a Shia Cleric [Ayatollah (title)]Ali Khamenei
Came to power in 1989
Former President Mahmoud AhmadinejadCurrent President Hassan Rouhani
- Nuclear weapons issue started
- He said "The Holocaust never happened"
- Said" Israel should be wiped off the face of the map"
- 2013-Present
- Opposite party of Ahmadinejad
- Wanted to restore Economy
- Improve bad relations with Western nations
- More moderate
- Brought a "resurgence of hope" for change
- Helped initiate the first high-level talks with US in decades
- There's some progress on negotiations of Iran's nuclear program
- Opened up the country to some Western reporters
Iran's Nuclear Program
- Launched in 1950's with help of US
- Our help ended in 1979 with the Iranian Revolution
- Ayatollah Khomeini ended Iran's nuclear program (he saw nuclear weapons as "sinful""
- Iran has signed numerous anti-weapons of mass destruction treaties over the years
- 2003, US Intelligence Agencies started believing that Iran was working towards nuclear weapons
- The IAEA confirmed suspicions
- Iran denied that they were making weapons
- Said "They were only using nuclear technology to make energy only"

Nuclear Powers of the World

Original Nuclear Powers
- US - 1945 (Tested)
- Russia - 1949
- China - 1964
- Great Britain - 1952
- France - 1960
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- North Korea - 2006
- India - 1974
- Pakistan - ??
- Israel - ??
Developing
- Iran - ??
Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty-1970
- Prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology
- Promote cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy
- Further goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - 1968
- Undeground nuclear testing
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1996
- Signed by President Clinton
- Not ratified by the Senate
- "A ban on testing would damage the safety of America" said Senate
International Atomic Energy AgencyMissile Defense System
- Make sure countries abbide by rules
- Test for atomic energy
- Broke 1970 treaties
- Came out in 1980
- Satellite
- It works by the satellite tracks the missile and then sends up a dummy missile from ground and then knocks the missile of course

Friday - We went over a new map and learned about them. Added to Iran notes. We continued the amendment projects.

Iran vs US

US Goal
- Eliminate Iran's ability to make a nuclear weapon
- We lift sanctions little by little
Iran's Goal
- Relief from economic sanctions
- Maintain a peaceful nuclear technology
- Iran wants all sanctions lifted immediately

Amendment 20

Amendment 21

Amendment 22

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