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1st Amendment
•Freedom of Religion
•Freedom of Speech
•Freedom of the Press
•Freedom of Assembly
•Freedom to Petition
11 Amendment
Cannot sue a state
16th Amendment
Congress can tax our income
2nd Amendment
•The right to bear arms with a regulated militia
12 Amendment
President will choose his/her VP
15 Amendment
All men can vote
20th Amendment
President takes office in the month of January
3rd Amendment
•In peacetime soldiers may not move into private homes without consent of the homeowner.
13th Amendment
Abolishes Slavery unless you commit a crime.
"Forced Labor"
14th
All citizens are equal regardless of color, religion, or creed.
19th Amendment
Women have the right to vote.
Womens Suffrage
4th Amendment
•Protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures.” ”No soldier, government agent, or police officer can search your home or take your property without probable cause”
7th Amendment
•Provides the right to a jury trial in federal courts to settle all disputes about property worth more than 20 dollars.
•Concerns civil disputes.
9th Amendment
•Rights not spelled out by the constitution are “retained by the people.”
•Citizens have other rights beyond the constitution and those rights cannot be taken away.
17th Amendment
People will choose and vote for their senators. Not the state legislatures
5th
•Protects the rights of people accused of crimes.
•Protects from Double Jeopardy
•Double Jeopardy- people accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trial again for the same crime.
6th Amendment
•Guarantees additional rights to people accused of crimes.
•Requires that they told the exact nature of the charged against them.
•Allowed a trial by jury
•Entitled to have a lawyer
8th Amendment
•Forbids excessive bail.
•Bail-is sum of money used as a security deposit.
10th Amendment
•Powers not specified in the constitution are reserved for the states and the people.