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27 Amendments

By gab.b02
  • 1st Amendment

    1st Amendment
    freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, protest
  • 2nd amendment

    2nd amendment
    right to bear arms
  • 3rd Amendment

    3rd Amendment
    No quartering of Soldiers
  • 4th Amendment

    4th Amendment
    Must have warrant searches or siezures
  • 5th Amendment

    5th Amendment
    Self-incrimination (don't have to tell on yourself)
  • 6th amendment

    6th amendment
    right to speedy trial & lawyer
  • 7th Amendment

    7th Amendment
    right to jury trial
  • 8th Amendment

    8th Amendment
    no cruel and unusual punishment
  • 9th Amendment

    9th Amendment
    rights not listed in the Constitution do exist
  • 10th Amendment

    10th Amendment
    any rights not in the Constitution are up to the states
  • 11th Amendment

    11th Amendment
    Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing another state.
  • 12th Amendment

    12th Amendment
    added the seperation of the president and vice president onto two different ballots
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    abolishes slavery
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment
    citizenship, due process, equal protection
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment
    Direct election of senators
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    Prohibition of Alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
    (Women's Suffrage)
  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment
    The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment
    The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment
    District of Columbia - people can vote for president
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax
  • 25th Amendment

    25th Amendment
    In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    Voting age 18
  • 27th Amendment

    27th Amendment
    Congressional pay raises can't go into effect until after the next congressional election