Amendments

Question 0

Second Amendment

Answer 0

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Question 1

First Amendment

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Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Third amendment

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Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent during peacetime.

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Fourth amendment

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Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets up requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by neutral judge.

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Fifth Amendment

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Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to do process, and prohibit self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

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Sixth amendment

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Protects the right to a 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.

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Seventh amendment

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Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases according to common law.

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Eighth amendment

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Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.

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Ninth amendment

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Protect rights not enumerated in the Constitution

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10th amendment

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Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people through the Constitution.

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11th amendment

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Make states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders, lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.

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12th amendment

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Electors cast one vote for president and one vote for vice president

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13th amendment

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Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime,

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14th amendment

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Defined citizenship, contains the privileges or immunities clause, the due process clause, the equal protection clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues including debt

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15th amendment

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Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race color or previous condition of servitude

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16th amendment

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Permits income taxed without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the census

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17th amendment

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Establishes the direct election of US senators by popular vote

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18th amendment

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The manufacturing of sale of alcohol within the United States

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19th amendment

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Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex

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20th amendment

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Changes the date on which the terms of public officials begin and end

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21st amendment

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Repeals prohibition

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22nd amendment

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Two-term limit for the presidency

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23rd amendment

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Grants the District of Columbia the number of electors of the least populous state in the electoral college

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24th amendment

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Prohibits poll taxes

Question 24

25th amendment

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Presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

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26th amendment

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Establishes the right to vote at 18 years of age

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27th amendment

Answer 26

Congressional salaries cannot be changed until after the next election of representatives