Amendments Flashcards
Amendment 1
Prohibits the making of any law establishing a state religion, freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceably assemble, and petitioning the government.
Amendment 2
Bear arms (guns)
Amendment 3
Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime
Amendment 4
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
Amendment 5
Grand jury, eminent domain, right to due process, and prohibits self incrimination and double jeopardy
Amendment 6
Fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses, and to retain counsel
Amendment 7
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law
Amendment 8
Prohibits excessive bail as well as cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 9
People’s rights (unenumerated powers)
Amendment 10
State’s Rights (reserved powers)
Amendment 12
Revises presidential election procedures (both president and VP on same ticket)
Amendment 13
Abolishes slavery
Amendment 14
Defines citizenship and deals with post Civil War issues
Amendment 15
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Amendment 16
Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States census
Amendment 17
Establishes the direct election of US senators by popular vote
Amendment 18
Prohibited alcohol (prohibition)
Amendment 19
Women can vote
Amendment 21
Repeals 18 admentment and ends prohibition
Amendment 22
Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president to 2 full terms
Amendment 24
Ends poll taxes
Amendment 25
Addresses succession to the presidency if they are incapacitated or too ill to serve
Amendment 26
US Citizens over the age of 18 can vote
Amendment 27
Delays congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives
