AMENDMENTS Flashcards
Amendment I
freedom of speech , or of the press
us amendment 2
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
us amendment 4
protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
amendment 5
an individual cannot be compelled by the government to provide incriminating information about herself
us amendment 6
the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.
us amendment 10
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
us amendment 14
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
us amendment 19
granted women the right to vote
us amendment 26
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older
referendum
the submission of law to the direct vote of the people.
initiative
a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a public vote in the legislature in what is called indirect initiative
