How did the Bill of Rights of 1789 protect only some individual freedoms?
a. It did not allow for freedoms of speech, religion, press, or trial.
b. It excluded foreigners and poor Americans.
c. It protected the freedoms of speech, religion, press, trial, bearing arms, and searches but did
not grant rights to nonwhite males.
d. It granted the states more power than the federal government.
e. It was comprised mostly of legal procedures for Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court.
C
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