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1st amendment
Guarantees the right to the freedoms of speech, press, and religion. Protects the right to petition the government. -
2nd amendment
Guarantees the people’s right to own and bear arms for their defense -
3rd amendment
Citizens cannot be forced to quarter soldiers during times of peace -
4th amendment
Citizens cannot be forced to subject themselves to seizure and search without a search warrant and probable cause. -
7th amendment
Reserves individuals’ rights to jury trial depending on the civil case, and cases already examined by not be re-opened by another court. -
8th amendment
Forbids exorbitant bails and fines and punishment that is unusual or cruel. -
9th amendment
Reserves the rights of citizens which are not specifically mentioned by the U.S. Constitution. -
5th amendment
Prohibits abuse of governmental authority in legal procedures. Establishes rules for indictment by eminent domain and grand jury. Guarantees the due process rights. Protects citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy. -
6th amendment
Guarantees fair and speedy jury trial and the rights to know the accusation, the accuser, and to find counsel and witnesses. -
10th amendment
Reserves powers that are not given to the U.S. government under the Constitution, nor prohibited to a State of the U.S., to the people and the States. -
11th amendment
State sovereign immunity. States are protected from suits by citizens living in another state or foreigners that do not reside within the state borders -
marbury v. madison
judicial review, federalism, separation of powers -
12th amendment
Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents. -
McCulloch v. Marylande
state taxes, national supremacy -
gibbons v. Ogden
states rights, commerce clause -
women’s suffrage movement
First Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York -
dred scottv. sandford
slavery, due process, Missouri compromise -
American Civil War
one of the bitterest civil wars in the world. Almost 600,000 people were killed and many others wounded. The war began when the Southern States opened fire on Fort Sumter. Lincoln declared war on them. it lasted from April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865. -
13th amendment
Except as punishment for criminal offense, forbids forced-slavery and involuntary servitude. -
14th amendment
Details Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause, Citizenship Clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials. -
15th amendment
Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status. -
plessy v. ferguson
equal protection, separate but equal -
16th amendment
Reserves the U.S. government the right to tax income. -
17th amendment
Establishes popular voting as the process under which senators are elected. -
18th amendment
Denies the sale and consumption of alcohol. -
schenck v. United states
freedom of speech military draft -
20th amendment
also known as the “lame duck amendment,” establishes date of term starts for Congress (January 3) & the President (January 20) -
21st amendment
Details the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. State laws over alcohol are to remain. -
koremastu v. United
Japanese internment equal protection -
22nd amendment
Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president (at most two terms). Individuals who have served over two years of someone else’s term may not be elected more than once. -
brown v. board of education
school segregation, equal protection -
23rd amendment
Reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for their own Electors for presidential elections. -
mapp v. ohio
Search and seizure, exclusionary rule, due process -
engel v. vitale
rayer in school, freedom of religion, separation of church and state -
gideon v. wainwright
right to counsel, due process -
24th amendment
citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes. -
miranda v. arizona
self- incrimination, due process -
25th amendment
establishes the procedures for a successor of a President. -
tinker v. des moines
student speech, symbolic speech -
26th amendment
Reserves the right for citizens 18 and older to vote. -
roe v. wade
abortion, right to privacy -
united states v. nixon
watergate, executive privilege, check and balances -
Regents of the u. of california v. bakke
affirmative action, equal protection -
new jersey v. t.l.o
student search and seizure -
hazelwood v. kuhlmeier
censorship, student speech -
texas v. johnson
flag burning freedom of speech -
27th amendment
Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives. -
obergefell v. hodges
marriage equality, federalism, equal protection
