Amendments Flashcards

Memorize the Amendments to the Constitution (1-27)

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Amendment One

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Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, and Petition

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Amendment Two

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Right to Bear Arms

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3
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Amendment Three

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Right to not have to Quarter Soldiers and Seizures

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4
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Amendment Four

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Right to be Free from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

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5
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Amendment Five

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Right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law

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Amendment Six

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Right to be in-formed of charges be present when wit-nesses speak in court, to call defense witnesses, to have a lawyer.

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7
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Amendment Seven

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Right to a jury trial in civil cases

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8
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Amendment Eight

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Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

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9
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Amendment Nine

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Guarantee of rights not listed in Constitution

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10
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Amendment Ten

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Rights of states and people

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11
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Amendment Eleven

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Prevents suits against states

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12
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Amendment Twelve

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Election of the President(Election Procedures)

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13
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Amendment Thirteen

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Abolition of slavery

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Amendment Fourteen

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Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law

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15
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Amendment Fifteen

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Black Suffrage

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16
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Amendment Sixteeen

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Individual Income Tax

17
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Amendment Seventeen

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Election of National Senators

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Amendment Eighteen

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Prohibition of alcoholic beverages

19
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Amendment Nineteen

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Women’s Suffrage

20
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Amendment Twenty

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Lame-Duck Period shortened for federal Officials

21
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Amendment Twenty One

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Repeal to Prohibition (they can drink again)

22
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Amendment Twenty Two

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Limitation of Presidential term of office

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Amendment Twenty Three

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Voters in Washington D.C. given the right to vote for presidential electors

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Amendment Twenty Four

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Abolition of poll taxes

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Amendment Twenty Five

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Succession of offices of the President

26
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Amendment Twenty Six

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18 year olds given the right to vote

27
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Amendment Twenty Seven

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Limits the power of Congress to increase it’s own salaries