Amendments Timeline

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  • First Amendment

    First Amendment
    Free speech! Free religion! Free (peaceful) assembly!

  • Third Amendment

    Establishes the right to refuse to quarter soldiers, unless in times of war.

  • Second Amendment

    Second Amendment
    Allows citizens the right to bear arms.

  • Fourth Amendment

    Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, and requires search warrants for bypasses

  • Sixth Amendment

    Sixth Amendment
    Defends the right to a speedy trial

  • Seventh Amendment

    In court, where the money in controversy is above $20 you get a jury.

  • Eighth Amendment

    No excessive bail; no excessive fines; no cruel/unusual punishment

  • Ninth Amendment

    The Constitution doesn't take away other rights (duh)

  • Tenth Amendment

    Delegates from other countries are reserved to the states and/or people

  • Fifth Amendment

    Sets out rules for supreme court trials 'n' stuff

  • Eleventh Amendment

    Immunity of states from out-of-state citizens and foreign people

  • Twelfth Amendment

    Twelfth Amendment
    Establishes lots o' rules on how elections will go

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment
    Abolishes slavery, excepting slavery as criminal punishment

  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Defines a lot of civil rights rules, liberties, etcetera.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment
    Allows black people to vote

  • Sixteenth Amendment

    Sixteenth Amendment
    Allows the federal government to collect income tax

  • Seventeenth Amendment

    Seventeenth Amendment
    Establishes that U.S. Senators are elected by the popular vote.

  • Eighteenth Amendment

    Eighteenth Amendment
    Prohibits alcohol

  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment
    Allows women to vote

  • Twentieth Amendment

    Twentieth Amendment
    Fixes the dates of terms starting for Congress and the President. Also known as the "Lame Duck Amendment"

  • Twenty-First Amendment

    Twenty-First Amendment
    Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment (Repeals the prohibition of alcohol)

  • Twenty-Second Amendment

    Twenty-Second Amendment
    Limits number of times a president can be reelected.

  • Twenty-Third Amendment

    Establishes representation for Washington D.C. as a state in the electoral college

  • Twenty-Fourth Amendment

    Prohibits revocation of voting rights due to dodging poll taxes

  • Twenty-Fifth Amendment

    Twenty-Fifth Amendment
    Defines the process of presidential succession

  • Twenty-Sixth Amendment

    Twenty-Sixth Amendment
    Establishes the right to vote for those 18 years old or older

  • Twenty-Seventh Amendment

    Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the next session of Congress