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Amendments Flashcards

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Second Amendment

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Right to bear arms

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First Amendment

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Freedom of speech

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Third Amendment

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Quartering of troops not permitted during times of peace

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Fourth Amendment

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Searches and seizures

Invading of privacy is forbidden

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Fifth Amendment

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Life, liberty, and Property
Everyone is guaranteed certain rights when on trial
“Right to remain silent”

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Sixth amendment

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Protection in criminal trials

“Fair and speedy trial”

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Seventh Amendment

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Suits at common law

Common law is recognized

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Eighth Amendment

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Bail and Punishments

No excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishment

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Ninth amendment

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Concerning rights not enumerated

People retain rights not enumerated

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Tenth Amendment

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Powers reserved to the states and the people

Powers not reserved for federal use are reserved for states and the people

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Eleventh amendment

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Federal courts have no authority in in suit by citizen to states

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Twelfth Amenment

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President and Vice President are voted for separately

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Thirteenth Amedment

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Slavery prohibited or forbidden

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Civil rights for ex slaves
Made US citizens
When denied the right to vote, the state representation shall be reduced

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Fifteenth Amendment

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Suffrage for blacks

Blacks can vote

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Sixteenth Amendment

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Congress has power to lay and collect income taxes

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Seventeenth Amendment

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Senators elected by popular vote

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Eighteenth Amendment

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National Prohibition

Alcohol is forbidden

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Nineteenth Amendment

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Woman suffrage

Woman allowed to vote

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Twentieth Amendment

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Sets dates for when president is elected, congress meets, ad presidential succession is president dies

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Twenty First Amendment

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Prohibition repealed
Alcohol is legal again
Only Amendment to repeal another amendment

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Twenty Second Amendment

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Anti-third term Amendment

President can only serve two terms in office

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Twenty Third Amendment

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Presidential electors for the District of Columbia

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Twenty Fourth Amendment

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Poll tax

You no longer have to pay a tax to vote

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Twenty Fifth Amendment

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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

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Twenty Sixth Amendment

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Lowering voting age

Anyone over 18 can now vote for government officials

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Twenty Seventh

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Restricting Congressional Pay Raises

Congress cannot increase its own pay

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