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The investigation

2024-12-12 13:03:02 UTC

The investigation was very comprehensive. It took a lot of time and resources from the police. It was FBI who handled the case.

The bombing itself was quickly solved, but the case behind was very long and comploicated.

The bill of rights

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The bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution, witch shows the rights of a civil American.

The first amendment

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The right to express yourself in public via fx speeches or protests.

It also protects all religious beliefs, by preventing the government from favoring one religion

The American Revolution

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Year: 1765-1783

The 13 states which, in that time, lay in “America” and was a part of England, wanted to become their own country. They started a war in protest of the taxes and under the war the states declared that they had the rights to be independent from England.

After a war of 8 years the colonists finally won and started to work on the constitution that should unite the 13 states into the United States of America.

The reason why they wanted to be free was because after the 7-year war, England wanted a lot of money because they lost a lot of money on the war. So, they taxed the American colonies a lot of money and whenever the colonies tried to peacefully protest, they were shut down by the British military.

Seeing that the protests didn’t work the colonists decided to ramp up the violence resulting in a war to relieve taxes. The war gradually turned into a revolution against the British empire with the goal of making a new country. In the end they won, and the colonists made their own country, the United States of America.

The people that lived in so called “united states of America” were called the indigenous people. Some indigenous people were neutral and said that it was a “white man’s war”. But 200.000 indigenous people from Philadelphia and Mississippi were not happy with the American laws so they supported the British part in the war. In Philadelphia there were some of the first protests to the American rules.

The Founding Fathers

2024-12-12 13:25:55 UTC

The founding fathers was an american late-18th-century group of men, who made and signed a lot of important documents that created the foundation of how the American society should work. Among other founding documents, they signed the Document "The Declaration Of Independence" which basically was the document that confirmed the ideals on which The United States of America was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain.

The group gave the future American society an idea and some "guidelines" about how USA's form of government should work, which was about limiting the central control from the government. For example limiting the control of the current leader of the society and to protect the American's rights.

The four first American presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were a part of The Founding Fathers.

The second amendment

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The right to buy and bear weapons

The third amendment

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The right that prevents soldiers from taking over your property

How it happened

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Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were the people behind the bombing. They had been plotting and planing the bombing for six months, where they had mad a bomb with several tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer together with fuel oil. On april 1995 McVeigh parked the truck containing the bomb in front of the building. When it went off it tore off the front of the building, killing 168 people, where 19 were children, and injuring 500 people. McVeigh and Nichols where caught by police in their getaway car about an hour later, because of a license plate violation, and McVeigh was arrested because he was ilegally carying a concealed handgun, and he was later identified as the person behind the bombing. Terry Nichols later turned himself into the police.

The Fourth Amendment

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It is the right to deny the government of unreasonable search or seizure of your private property.

The bombing

2024-12-12 13:35:56 UTC

The Oklahoma City Bombing was an action made by terrorists. The 19th of April In 1995 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols parked a truck at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that later exploded and destroyed the Federal building. A lot of people died in the explosion and even more got hurt. The People in the building probably worked at one of the many agencies in the building such as The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Drug Enforcement Administration or other departments.

The Fifth Amendment

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It states that it will protect person accused of serious criminal charges by promising that their trial will get held by a Grand Jury. it also states that you cant get charged for the same thing twice, and also that you can represent yourself in the court of law.

Timothy Mcveigh and his motive

2024-12-12 13:38:23 UTC

The man behind the crime was an ex-army soldier and security guard named Timothy McVeigh. He was a supporter of the second amendment and was paranoid, that the goverment would repeal the law. He had very anti-goverment beliefs and the Oklahoma bombing was inspired by that. He believed that the bombing would inspire people to go against the "tyrannical goverment" and it was also a way for him to express his discontent.

The Sixth Amendment

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it protects people accused of crimes by promising a speedy and public trial, it also states that you can get represented by a lawyer.

The seventh amendment

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Is the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

The eight amendment:

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Is the right for a fair judgement after a jury trial. for example not to have an eccesive fine handed to you when it comes to paying your bail.

The ninth amendment

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Is that you have basis civil rights other than the rights listet in the bill of rights.

The tenth amendment

2024-12-12 13:41:30 UTC

Says that the federal government only has the power delegated in the Constitution. if its not listet then i belongs to the states or the people.

The Declaration of Independence

2024-12-12 13:42:01 UTC

The Declaration of Independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson, who was the 3rd president of America. The Declaration of Independence is primarily about the principle that every man is equal and the purpose was that the 13 colonies at the time became independent from british rule. It was written the 4th of july 1776 and the first large public reading of The Declaration of Independence took place in Philadelphia´s Independece Square on the July 8th 1776. The Declaration of Independence is a symbol of liberty for the american people and is a big part of americas identity today. It was signed by 56 people including people like John Hancock, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.