which rights does the u.s. bill of rights protect?
The Preamble of the Bill clearly states the Bill of Rights is to prevent abuse of the powers of the Government. By December 15, 1791, all the states ratified ten amendments which became known as the U. S. Bill of Rights to protect the individual rights of American citizens. It would take the 1861-1865 Civil War and the religious civil rights movement of the 1960s to fully effect our Christian culture.