Amendments Flashcards
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RASPP
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Right to beat arms
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No unreasonable search and seizures
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No quartering of troops unless the owner gives consent
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Person must be charged with a specific crime, no double jeopardy, no testimony against a person’s own self, right to fair trial, and government may not seize private property for public use without paying the owner a fair market price.
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right to speedy and public trial and the accused must be told the crimes against them and must be allowed to have a lawyer.
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Right of trial by jury in CIVIL cases
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People retain rights that constitution doesn’t provide specifically.
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Prohibits federal court from cases against a state by citizen of another state
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Votes for president and vice president stay as such and tie votes go to the HOR
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Abolished slavery
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Defined citizenship. Guaranteed equal protection and due process.
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Right to vote can’t be denied because of race
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Congress receives power to impose federal income tax
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Senators are directly elected by the people
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Prohibition of Alcohol
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Gives women the right to vote
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Lame Duck, New term begins on January 20th rather than March 4th
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Repealed 18th amendment
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Presidential term. Two four year terms and no more than ten years.
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Gives Washington D.C. 3 electoral votes
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Prohibits tax as a requirement to vote
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Outlines presidential succession in case of presidential disability.
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Lowers voting age to 18
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Congress cannot pass IMMEDIATE salary increase
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Powers not given to the federal government are given to the states. Limits power of government
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Forbids unreasonably high bail and punishment may not be cruel or unusual.
