Constitution 5
No unreasonable bail and no cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
This amendment states that should the President die or be removed from office, the Vice President would become the President.
What is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?
Women's suffrage.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
No quartering of soldiers unless consent is given.
What is the Third Amendment?
Abolition of slavery and involuntary servitude.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Protection of non-enumerated rights.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
The voting age is lowered to 18 in this amendment.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment.
What is the Twenty-First Amendment?
No unreasonable searches/seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Granted citizenship to all former slaves.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
Right to a speedy and public trial with an impartial jury.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This amendment gives people in Washington D.C. the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College.
What is the Twenty-Third Amendment?
Direct voting for senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
The freedom of speech, religion, press and assembly.
What is The First Amendment?
Federal courts do not have the authority to hear cases brought by private citizens against states.
What is the Eleventh Amendment?
Rights not specifically given to the federal or state governments are left to the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
Salary increases of Congress shall only come into effect at the start of the next term.
What is the Twenty-Seventh Amendment?
This amendment set term limits.
What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?
No person shall be required to testify against oneself or be tried twice for the same crime.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The government has the power to collect income tax.
What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
Protects the right to trial by jury.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
The poll tax was abolished due to this amendment.
What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
This amendment prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of liquor intended for drinking purposes.
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
The right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
Provided for separate Electoral College votes for President and Vice President
(It fixed the system where whoever got second place in the Presidential Vote became Vice President- see Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr)
What is the Twelfth Amendment?