Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• A. To ensure individual liberties
• B. To establish judicial review
• C. To create a two-house legislature
• D. To grant executive privilege

Answer: (A)

The main idea this question tests is why the Bill of Rights was added. It was created to protect individual liberties and limit the power of the national government. Anti-federalists demanded explicit protections for basic rights before they would support ratification, so the first ten amendments enumerate freedoms like speech, religion, assembly, and due process, and place clear limits on government power. The other options don’t fit because judicial review is not established by the Bill of Rights (it came from later Supreme Court interpretation), the creation of a two-house legislature is a structural feature already in the Constitution, and executive privilege is an executive power not a guaranteed liberty listed in these amendments.