Part A: The structure of “Excerpt from Bill of Rights” makes which point clear? A. The extension of rights to different groups of people has to be a gradual process.
B. The declaration that rights or privileges exist is insufficient to guarantee that they will be respected.
C. Congress originally considered the right to vote to be less important than the right to bear arms.
D. Congress is reluctant to consider amendments that modify provisions of the original Constitution.
Part B: Which evidence most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

A. Several amendments contain sections stating that Congress has the power to enforce their provisions.
B. The excerpt includes a note regarding the superseding of part of the Constitution.
C. The amendments move from addressing all citizens to extending rights to particular groups of citizens.
D. Later amendments discuss what individual states are prohibited from doing, while earlier amendments are concerned with the central government.