Amendments Flashcards
First Amendment
Rights to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition.
Second Amendment
Right to bear arms.
Third Amendment
Quartering of Soldiers
Fourth Amendment
Search and Seizure
Fifth Amendment
Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process
Sixth Amendment
Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions: Rights to Jury Trial, to Confront Opposing Witnesses and to Counsel
Seventh Amendment
Jury Trial
Eighth Amendment
Protections against Excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Ninth Amendment
Non-Enumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment
Rights Reserved to States
Eleventh Amendment
Suits Against a State
Twelveth Amendment
Election of President and Vice-President
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
Fourteenth Amendment
Protects rights against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits states from interfering with privileges and immunities, requires due process and equal protection, punishes states for denying vote, and disqualifies Confederate officials and debts
Fifthteenth Amendment
Voting Rights
Sixteenth Amendment
Federal Income Tax
Seventeenth Amendment
Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibition
Nineteenth Amendment
Women’s Right to Vote
Twentieth Amendment
Commencement of Presidential Term and Succession
Twenty-first Amendment
Repeal of 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Twenty-second Amendment
Two-Term Limitation on President
Twenty-third Amendment
District of Columbia Presidential Vote
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections
Twenty-fifth Amendment
Presidential Vacancy, Disability and Inability
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Right to Vote at Age 18
Twenty-seventh Amendment
Congressional Compensation
