Amendments Flashcards
Two
Right to Bear Arms
One
Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, Petition
Three
No quartering soldiers
Four
Unreasonable searches and seizes
Five
Rights of criminally accused (grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, no self-incrimination, due process of law)
Six
Rights to speedy trial by jury (speedy trial, impartial jury, informed of charges, right to attorney)
Seven
Right to jury trial in civil cases
Eight
Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
Nine
Guarantee of rights not listed in Constitution
Ten
Rights not given to federal government are given to states and people
Eleven
Prevents suits against states
Twelve
Provides for separate election of President and Vice President
Thirteen
Abolition of slavery
Fourteen
Equality for all citizens, state governments must follow previously passed amendments
Fifteen
Black suffrage
Sixteen
Individual income tax
Seventeen
Election of national senators
Eighteen
Prohibition
Nineteen
Women’s Suffrage
Twenty
Inaugural date moved up
Twenty-One
Ended prohibition
Twenty-Two
Presidents can’t serve more than 2 terms or 10 years
Twenty-Three
District of Columbia given presidential electoral college votes
Twenty-Four
No poll tax
Twenty-Five
Presidential succession and filling of vacant office if VP is dead or removed from office
Twenty-Six
Voting age lowered from 21 to 18
Twenty-Seven
Congress pay raises go into effect after term
