Bill of Rights
Right protected by the Second Amendment
right to bear arms
Tenth Amendment guarantees...
Reserved powers
Which amendment provides for direct election of Senators?
17th
Amendment that bans poll taxes
24th
Fourth Amendment protection against search and seizure without a warrant
Name the five parts of the First Amendment
Religion, assembly, petition, press, speech
The Eighth Amendment protects against what?
Cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail, excessive fines
Name the three Reconstruction Amendments
13, 14, 15
Amendment that sets a two term limit for presidents
22nd
What do amendments 15, 19 and 26 have in common?
They all expand voting rights; 15 to men regardless of color, 19 to women, and 26 lowers voting age to 18
cannot deny a right simply because it isn't enumerated in the Constitution
The Fourth Amendment requires what to get a warrant?
Probable cause
Twelfth Amendment
clarifies electoral process, separates races for president and vice president
Amendment that repealed prohibition (18th)
21st
What year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
1791
right protected by Seventh Amendment
right to trial by jury in civil cases
Which protections have not been incorporated to the states, and what amendment are they from?
no quartering soldiers (3), grand jury indictment (5), civil jury trial (7)
Sixteenth Amendment
allows Congress to set federal income tax
Amendment that gives DC electoral votes
23rd
Name the three types of due process
Procedural, selective incorporation, and substantive
Parts of the Sixth Amendment
impartial jury, speedy and public trial, confronting/compelling witnesses, right to an attorney
Name the five parts of the Fifth Amendment
no double jeopardy, protects against self-incrimination, due process, eminent domain, grand jury indictment
Name the five (relevant) parts of the Fourteenth Amendment
birthright citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, equal protection (all sec.1), enforcement (sec. 5)
Amendment that defines order of presidential succession
25th
1992; prevented Congress from increasing their own pay