The Amendments Flashcards
1st Amendment
Freedom of speech, press, religion, and petition
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
3rd Amendments
Citizens cannot be forced to house soldiers during times of peace
4th Amendment
No illegal searches or seizures
5th Amendment
Right to remain silent, no double Jeopardy, due process, and and Miranda Rights
6th Amendment
Guarantees a fair and speedy trial
7th Amendment
The right to have a jury of one’s peers
8th Amendment
No unusual punishments
9th Amendments
Reserves the rights of citizens not mentioned by the Constitution
10th Amendment
If it is not specifically written in the Constitution, it is left up to the state governments and citizens in the states
11th Amendment
prohibits federal courts from hearing cases in which a state is sued by an individual from another state
12th Amendment
Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing VPs and Presidents
13th Amendment
Forbids forced slavery and involuntary servitude except as a criminal offense
14th Amendment
Details equal protection clause, Due process clause, citizenship clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials
15th Amendment
Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status
16th Amendment
Reserves the US government the right to tax income
17th Amendment
Established popular voting as the process under which senators are elected
18th Amendment
Denies the sale and and consumption of alcohol
19th Amendment
Reserves women’s suffrage rights
20th Amendment
Establishes date of term starts for Congress and the President. Known as “lame duck amendment”
21st Amendment
Details the repeal of the 18th Amendment. state laws over alcohol are to remain
22nd Amendment
Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president(2 terms)
23rd Amendment
Reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia(DC) to vote for their own Electors for presidential elections
24th Amendment
Citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes
25th Amendment
Establishes the procedures for a successor of a President
26th Amendment
Reserves the right for citizens 18+ to vote
27th Amendment
Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives