Which amendment guarantees freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

• A. 1st Amendment
• B. 2nd Amendment
• C. 4th Amendment
• D. 5th Amendment

Answer: (A)

The fundamental idea is that certain individual liberties are protected from government interference, specifically the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. The first amendment guarantees these freedoms by prohibiting laws that establish or interfere with religion, protecting free exercise, free speech, a free press, the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. This makes it the best answer because it directly names and protects all five freedoms in one place. The other amendments address different protections: the second amendment relates to keeping and bearing arms; the fourth protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; the fifth covers due process, protection against self-incrimination, and related rights. Together, they do not enshrine the five freedoms the question asks about.