The 1st Amendment basically states that everyone has the right to free speech. Therefore the press was, and still is, allowed to say whatever they want without getting in trouble. You can imagine this should help fight political corruption.
before the printing press was upgraded by gutenberg, it was very hard to get a book. The printing press help make books cheaper so more people could afford them and read and discover the ideas inside the book.
To demand civil rights for minorities
Thomas Jefferson said of the Press, "The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter."In order to maintain a free Press, the Press must be given liberties by the government. This is seen in the Bill of Rights, Article the Third (Amendment I):"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
An amendment allows Congress to pass new laws to help define or clarify unclear provisions. An amendment is an addition to what is already printed.
censored the press -US History, Nova Netcensored the press.
It Helped it by new invention of printing press, that was developed by gutenberg.
The invention of the printing press
The invention of the printing press
The invention of the printing press made it less expensive and less time consuming to produce books. The availability of books allowed ideas to spread quickly.
The printing press
The development of the printing press
The invention of the printing press made it less expensive and less time consuming to produce books. The availability of books allowed ideas to spread quickly.
To make a pressaprint, you need a press (such as a printing press or screen printing equipment), the design or image you want to print, the material you want to print on (such as paper or fabric), and the appropriate ink or paint for the printing process.
before the printing press was upgraded by gutenberg, it was very hard to get a book. The printing press help make books cheaper so more people could afford them and read and discover the ideas inside the book.
Johannes Guttenburg
For the first time in history books were available for people to read. Before the printing press people had to depend on the church to tell them the stories of the Bible. That is why churches have stained glass windows of biblical stories. Reading allowed people to think and discover new ideas as well as question the church and government.
Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press around 1440. The printing press revolutionized the way information was shared by enabling the mass production of books and other documents. It played a key role in the spread of knowledge, literacy, and the Protestant Reformation.