27 Amendments Flashcards
1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
No quartering troops during peacetime
4th Amendment
Protected from unreasonable searches
5th Amendment
Don’t have to talk to law enforcement, rights from arrest to trial, cannot be tried for same crime twice, have the right to grand jury, government can take property for public use
6th Amendment
Right to confront witness, right to a fair jury, right to a quick trial, right to a lwayer
7th Amendment
right to a jury trial when damage is over $20
8th Amendment
no excessive bail, no cruel or unusual punishement
9th Amendment
people have more rights than listed in the constitution
10th Amendment
States have more rights than listed in the constitution
11th Amendment
Lawsuit held against people from different states must be held in federal court
12 Amendment
revises procedure for the election of presidency
13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery
14th Amendment
All citizens are protected equally under the law
15th Amendment
Allowed African American men to vote
16th Amendment
Gave Congress the power to declare an income tax
17th Amendment
Enabled citizens to vote for their state senators directly
18th Amendment
prohibits the making, drinking, or selling of alcoholic products
19th Amendment
Allows women to vote
20th Amendment
Dates that Congressional and Presidential positions come into power
21st Amendment
Makes alcohol legal
22nd Amendment
Limits president to only 2 terms in office
23rd Amendment
Gives right to citizens of Washington D.C to vote
24th Amendment
Right to vote became free
25th Amendment
Establishes procedures for succession of presidency, (If the president dies or drops out)
26th Amendment
Set voting age to 18 years
27th Amendment
States that the salary of members of Congress cannot change until next election concludes
