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    The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties
    The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties
    The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties
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    The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties

    By John Micklos Jr.

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    The Bill of Rights was written more than 200 years ago, but it's still just as relevant and important today as it was back then. Readers will take a look at what caused the Fourth Amendment to be born and what effects the amendment has had through history and today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781496640505
    The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties
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    John Micklos Jr.

    John Micklos, Jr. has written more than 50 children’s books spanning a wide range of ages and genres. His work includes picture books, poetry books, and numerous nonfiction books. Popular titles include One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me! (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017), which was chosen for inclusion in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program for multiple years. John’s other top-selling books include 125 True Stories of Amazing Pets (contributor) and 125 Cute Animals (contributor), both published by National Geographic Kids. He also has written dozens of biographies, history books, and social studies books for educational publishers such as Capstone and Cavendish Square. Biographies include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amelia Earhart, Alexander Graham Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Muhammad Ali, Sequoyah, Geronimo, and others. History topics include the Revolutionary War (six-book series), Civil War, Challenger tragedy, Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark Expedition, and many others. A resident of Newark, Delaware, John enjoys visiting schools (in person or via Zoom) and conducting writing workshops with students of all ages. His presentations and workshops center on writing poetry, nonfiction, and persuasive pieces, as well as the art of research and revision, to name just a few. Learn more about John’s work at www.JohnMicklosWriter.com.

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      The Fourth Amendment - John Micklos Jr.

      Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights: The Fourth Amendment by John Micklos

      Table of Contents

      COVER

      TITLE PAGE

      CREATING A BILL OF RIGHTS

      THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

      CAUSES OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

      EFFECTS OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

      THE FOURTH AMENDMENT EVOLVES

      FOURTH AMENDMENT TIMELINE

      THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TODAY

      GLOSSARY

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      CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

      INDEX

      COPYRIGHT

      BACK COVER

      CREATING A

      BILL OF RIGHTS

      A loud knock on your front door disturbs your peaceful evening. You peek through your window. Two police officers stand outside.

      Let us in, one of them demands. We got a tip there might be criminal activity going on here.

      You must have the wrong address, you reply. But the police officer knocks again. You need to let us in, he says.

      Do you need to let the officers enter? No. In most cases, the police need a search warrant to enter your home looking for evidence of a crime. Why? Because the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects people from unreasonable search and seizure.

      The United States gained its freedom from Great Britain in 1783. Four years later, the nation’s founders drafted the U.S. Constitution. This document described how the new government should be run.

      The British had denied certain rights to the colonists. People worried that the new U.S.

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