Amendments Flashcards
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Protects the right to keep and bear arms
Fourth
X prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
Fifth
Sets out rules for Indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to do process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
Ninth
Protects the rights not enumerated in the Constitution
10th
Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or those people to the constitution
14th
Define citizenship, contains the privileges or immunities clause, the due process clause, the equal protection clause and deals with post-Civil War issues
15th
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race color or previous condition of servitude
16th
Permits Congress to levy and income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census
17th
Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote
19th
Gave women the right to vote
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Prohibits the denial of the right of 18 year olds to vote
First amendment
Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, including the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of press, interfering with the right up to peacefully assemble, or perhaps eating the petition for a governmental redress of grievances