Amendments Flashcards

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First Amendment

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Establishment clause, free exercise clause, free speech, symbolic speech, free press

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Second Amendment

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Right to bear arms

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Fourth Amendment

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Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

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Fifth Amendment

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Protection against double jeopardy, Miranda Rights

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Sixth Amendment

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Speedy and public trial, impartial jury, right to what what your being accused of, right to an attorney

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Eighth Amendment

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Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

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Tenth Amendment

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Federal Government only has those powers delegated to it through the Constitution

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Twelfth Amendment

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The electoral college had to make a distinct vote for the president and a distinct vote for the vice-president

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Thirteenth Amendment

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Abolish slavery

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Due Process Clause: States can’t make laws that abridge the rights of the citizens (Roe v. Wade)
Equal Protection Clause (Brown v. Board

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Fifteenth Amendment

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Gave African Americans the right to vote

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Seventeenth Amendment

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Direct election of senators

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Nineteenth Amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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Twentieth Amendment

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If the current president becomes incapacitated, the vice president will take their place

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Twenty-Second Amendment

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Two term limit on the president

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Twenty-Third Amendment

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Give Americans living in DC the right vote on presidential electors

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Twenty-Fourth Amendment

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Prohibited poll taxes

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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Lower the voting age to 18