Amendments By Marisol Lopez

1st Amendment

Dec 15, 1791

Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, And Petition.

2nd Amendment

Dec 15, 1791

Right to Bear arms.

4th Amendment

Dec 15, 1791

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

5th Amendment

Dec 15, 1791

Protects against abuse of government authority.

8th Amendment

Dec 15, 1791

Prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.

Amendments

Period: Dec 15, 1791 to Jul 4, 1971

13th Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

14th Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

Citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

17th Amendment

May 31, 1913

Direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

18th Amendment

Jan 17, 1920

Prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

21st Amendment

Jan 17, 1920

Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.

26th Amendment

Jul 1, 1971

Prohibits the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen.