What the Bill of Rights Says. The first eight amendments of the Bill of Rights set forth specific guarantees and liberties. The Ninth Amendment acknowledges that the American people have rights that are not even specified in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.s it finally emerged from Congress, the proposed Bill of Rights consisted of twelve amendments and was offered to the states for ratification. The first two proposed amendments were never ratified by the states.
The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large-scale incident of occupational silicosis as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters in American history.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The bomb that exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta July 27th first made Richard Jewell a hero. He spotted the green knapsack that contained the pipe bomb minutes before it exploded.n their mad rush to fulfill their own personal agendas, the FBI and the media almost destroyed me and my mother. On the evening of July 27, 1996, at Centennial Olympic Park, I did not set out to be a hero. I set out that night simply to do my job and to do it right.