Ammendments Flashcards
2nd
Right to bear arms
1st
Religion, speech, assembly, petition, press
3rd
Quartering soldiers
4th
Searches and seizures
5th
Grand juries, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process
6th
Criminal court process
7th
Trial by jury in common law cases
8th
Bails, fines, and punishment
9th
Rights retained by people
10th
Rights reserved to states
11th
Suits against the states
12th
Election of president and Vice President
13th
Passed after civil war, forbade slavery
14th
Citizenship, due process, and equal protection of laws
15th
Black suffrage
16th
Income taxes
17th
Popular election of senators
18th
Prohibition
19th
Women’s suffrage
20th
Terms of office, convening of congress, and succession
21st
Repeal of prohibition
22nd
President 2 terms in office
23rd
Residents of DC allowed the right to vote for reps in the electoral college
24th
Poll tax
25th
Vice to become acting pres if both the vice and pres cabinets determine that pres is disabled
26th
18 YO voting age
27th
Congressional salaries