Amendments Flashcards
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2nd amendment
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The right to bear arms
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1st amendment
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-Freedom of Speech • Freedom of Religion • Freedom of the Press • Freedom to assemble (protest) • Freedom to petition the government
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4th amendment
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The government can’t search your property
and take your stuff without a getting a warrant or without a reasonable suspicion wrongdoing
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5th amendment
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- You don’t have to give information that might get you in trouble with the law
- You can’t be tried twice for the same crime
- The government can take your land and/or property for public use as long as they pay you for it (eminent domain)
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6th amendment
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- Right to an attorney
* Right to a speedy trial by Jury
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13th amendment
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End slavery
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14th amendment
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• If you are born in the U.S. you are a citizen of the U.S.
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15th amendment
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- The Government cannot deny people the right to vote based on Race
- Gave non-white men the right to vote
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16th amendment
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The government can collect income tax
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17th amendment
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Senators are directly elected by the people of their
state, rather than being appointed by the state government
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18th amendment
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Banned Alcohol everywhere in the U.S.
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19th amendment
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Woman the right to vote
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21st amendment
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- Repealed the 18th Amendment
* Made alcohol legal again
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26th amendment
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Citizens can vote at 18
