Which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights is most accurate?
A. The authors of the Constitution always intended to add a Bill of Rights but felt that it would be best if the people decided which rights needed to be protected.
B. America had no explicitly defined legal rights before the ratification of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
C. The authors of the Constitution assumed that civil liberties had to be protected from the actions of state governments, but not from the national government.
D. As originally written, the Constitution offered no protections to citizens' civil liberties.
E. The authors of the Constitution rejected the inclusion of a Bill of Rights during the deliberation and drafting process.
Answer: E
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