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This 7-page paper is a discussion of individual and property rights as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. In this paper, the 5, 13, 14, 15 and 19 Amendments are discussed in terms of how they impacted white men, women and people of color. Also included is a definition about how socialism and capitalism are intermingling in the U.S. Bibliogrpahy lists 5 sources.
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long as we have the money, we can purchase just about everything. Its believed that the U.S. Constitution has helped citizens gain and maintain many of those rights.
Property rights for all, however, are a relatively recent concept. The rights of the individual were always guaranteed by the Constitution - that is,
if said individual was a white man over the age of 21. The Constitution did guarantee that the state could not just seize property. When it came to women and
people of color, however, this concept seemed somewhat exempt. Each of the following sections will outline the basis of the amendment, some
history about the amendment and how the amendment addressed individual rights of women, white males and people of color. Fifth Amendment These
days, mostly everyone associates the Fifth Amendment with the right not to have to incriminate oneself in the crime - this is known as "taking the fifth" (and more often
than not, it implies guilt, rather than supporting the right against self-incrimination). This amendment also guarantees a right to a speedy trial by a Grand Jury for a capital crime
and prohibits someone from being tried twice for the same crime (Findlaw.com (a), 2002). In addition, this amendment states that no private property should be taken for public use without
just compensation (Findlaw.com (a), 2002). Likely as not, this latter was directed against the British, for their "quartering" act prior to the Revolutionary War, in which Redcoats could simply take
over peoples homes at will, and with no compensation. It seems, however, that this did not hold true for people of color
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