Amendments Flashcards
2 Amendment
The right to keep and bear arms
9 Amendment
Protect right not enumerated in the Constitution
6 amendment
Protect right to fair and speedy trial
5 Amendment
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury,
8 Amendment
Prohibits excessive fines, excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishment
3 Amendment
Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent, prohibiting in time of peace.
4 Amendment
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrant
7 Amendment
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases
1 Amendment
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Petition,
10 Amendment
Reinforces the principle of federalism
11 Amendment
Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders
12 Amendment
Revises presidential election procedures
13 Amendment
Abolishes slavery
14 Amendment
Defines Citizenship
15 Amendment
Prohibits denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
16 Amendment
Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census
17 Amendment
Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote
18 Amendment
Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States
-it was repealed
19 Amendment
Prohibits the denial of right to vote based on sex
20 Amendment
Changes the date on which the terms of the president and vice president and senators and representatives end and begin
21 Amendment
Repeals the 18th amendment prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use
22 Amendment
Limits number of times a person can be elected president, a person cannot be elected president more than twice
23 Amendments
Grants the district of Columbia electors in the electoral college
24 Amendment
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the nonpayment of a poll tax or any other text
25 Amendment
Address is succession to presidency and the establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to presidential disabilities
26 Amendment
Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens 18 years of age or older to vote on account of age
27 Amendment
Delays laws affecting congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of a representatives