Amendments Flashcards
Second Amendment
Right to bear arms
First Amendment
Freedom of speech
Third Amendment
Quartering of troops not permitted during times of peace
Fourth Amendment
Searches and seizures
Invading of privacy is forbidden
Fifth Amendment
Life, liberty, and Property
Everyone is guaranteed certain rights when on trial
“Right to remain silent”
Sixth amendment
Protection in criminal trials
“Fair and speedy trial”
Seventh Amendment
Suits at common law
Common law is recognized
Eighth Amendment
Bail and Punishments
No excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishment
Ninth amendment
Concerning rights not enumerated
People retain rights not enumerated
Tenth Amendment
Powers reserved to the states and the people
Powers not reserved for federal use are reserved for states and the people
Eleventh amendment
Federal courts have no authority in in suit by citizen to states
Twelfth Amenment
President and Vice President are voted for separately
Thirteenth Amedment
Slavery prohibited or forbidden
Fourteenth Amendment
Civil rights for ex slaves
Made US citizens
When denied the right to vote, the state representation shall be reduced
Fifteenth Amendment
Suffrage for blacks
Blacks can vote
Sixteenth Amendment
Congress has power to lay and collect income taxes
Seventeenth Amendment
Senators elected by popular vote
Eighteenth Amendment
National Prohibition
Alcohol is forbidden
Nineteenth Amendment
Woman suffrage
Woman allowed to vote
Twentieth Amendment
Sets dates for when president is elected, congress meets, ad presidential succession is president dies
Twenty First Amendment
Prohibition repealed
Alcohol is legal again
Only Amendment to repeal another amendment
Twenty Second Amendment
Anti-third term Amendment
President can only serve two terms in office
Twenty Third Amendment
Presidential electors for the District of Columbia
Twenty Fourth Amendment
Poll tax
You no longer have to pay a tax to vote
Twenty Fifth Amendment
Presidential succession
Vice President becomes president if he does or is removed from office
If Vice President is removed, president elects a replacement based on vote by house of congress
Twenty Sixth Amendment
Lowering voting age
Anyone over 18 can now vote for government officials
Twenty Seventh
Restricting Congressional Pay Raises
Congress cannot increase its own pay
