10 amendments
What are the ten amendments and what did they give us?

Amendment one: Religion and expression

Freedom of religion, speech, the right to peacefully assemble, and petition the government for redress of grievances

Amendment two: Bearing Arms

The right to own a gun (Bear Arm)

Amendment three: Quartering soldiers

This amendment makes it illegal for members of the military to reside in your house without explicate permission

Amendment four: Search and Seizure

This amendment makes it illegal for your possessions to be searched without written documentation and probable cause

Amendment Five: Right of persons

No person should be held to answer for a infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.

Amendment six: Rights of accused in criminal Prosecutions

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused have the right to a quick and public trial.

Amendment seven: Civil trials

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment Eight: Further guarantees in criminal cases

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment.

Amendment nine: Unenumerated rights

The enumerated in the constitution, of certain rights, should not be made to obstruct or deny the people.

Amendment ten: Reserved Powers

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Explanation: Hope this helped :)

the answer is a. laws were enacted in the aftermath of the plot to make it harder to free slaves,increasing sectionalism