The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell are two of America’s most famous symbols of freedom.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of…
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to…
The Second Amendment, ratified in 1791, protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
The First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion and prevents the government from establishing an official religion.
The First Amendment protects the right of people to gather peacefully and to petition the government.
The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press from government restriction.
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791.
Adopted on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence announced that the American colonies were free from British…