Amendments Flashcards

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2 Amendment

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The right to keep and bear arms

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9 Amendment

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Protect right not enumerated in the Constitution

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6 amendment

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Protect right to fair and speedy trial

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5 Amendment

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Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury,

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8 Amendment

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Prohibits excessive fines, excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishment

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3 Amendment

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Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent, prohibiting in time of peace.

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4 Amendment

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Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrant

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7 Amendment

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Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases

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1 Amendment

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

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10 Amendment

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Reinforces the principle of federalism

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11 Amendment

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Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders

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12 Amendment

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Revises presidential election procedures

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13 Amendment

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Abolishes slavery

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14 Amendment

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Defines Citizenship

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15 Amendment

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

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16 Amendment

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Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census

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17 Amendment

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Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote

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18 Amendment

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Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States
-it was repealed

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19 Amendment

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Prohibits the denial of right to vote based on sex

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20 Amendment

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Changes the date on which the terms of the president and vice president and senators and representatives end and begin

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21 Amendment

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Repeals the 18th amendment prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use

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22 Amendment

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Limits number of times a person can be elected president, a person cannot be elected president more than twice

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23 Amendments

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Grants the district of Columbia electors in the electoral college

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24 Amendment

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Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the nonpayment of a poll tax or any other text

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25 Amendment

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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

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26 Amendment

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Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens 18 years of age or older to vote on account of age

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27 Amendment

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Delays laws affecting congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of a representatives