Question

When the Founding Fathers sat down to write the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address in the late 1700's, they made sure that the First Amendment protected the right to free speech and that the Fourth Amendment protected the right to privacy. true or false

Answer 1

False. The Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, but it does not include provisions for free speech or privacy. The Bill of Rights, which includes the First and Fourth Amendments, was ratified in 1791, after the Constitution was written. The First Amendment protects the right to free speech, while the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, thereby contributing to the concept of privacy. The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, does not contain any constitutional provisions; it is a speech commemorating the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.