Category 1
Prohibits from cruel and unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
2nd Amendment
Protects from illegal search and seizure.
4th Amendment
Freedom of speech and religion.
1st Amendment
Provided people free land that they had to maintain for at least 5 years and buy for $30 if they wanted to.
Homestead Act
Rights that can never be taken away.
Unalienable Rights
Protects from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
5th Amendment
The first ten Amendments are known as this.
Bill of Rights
Abolished slavery
13th Amendment
Allowed settlers to travel west; provided people with access to essential goods.
Transcontinental Railroad
Allowed African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
Prohibits the quartering of soldiers.
3rd Amendment
Deals with citizenship; if you are born in the US you are a citizen with rights.
14th Amendment
women's suffrage
19th Amendment
The government fails to regulate businesses and the stock market.
Laissez-faire
Direct election of senators
17th Amendment
right to speedy trial by jury
6th
Granted Congress authority to issue an income tax.
16th Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18.
26th Amendment
Caused by severe droughts and poor soil management
Dust Bowl
In case the President dies, the Vice-President becomes president.
25th Amendment
Ended prohibition
21st Amendment
Eliminated the poll tax
24th Amendment
Prohibition of alcohol
18th Amendment
His assassination led to a chain of events that led to World War I.
Archduke Ferdinand