Reconstruction Amendments
Slavery had ended
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Freedom of Religion,the Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression
What is the 1st Amendment?
No quartering of troops in your house
What is the 3rd amendment?
Allows Congress to collect income taxes
What is the 16th amendment?
States that citizens can't sue states in federal courts.
What is the 11th amendment?
It grants citizenship to all people born in the US, and ensures equal protection.
What is the 14th amendment?
No unreasonable searches/seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
The right to a fair trial and covering the subject of witnesses
What is the 6th amendment?
Banned the sale,production, importation and transportation of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment?
Ended prohibition and made alcohol legal.
What is the 21st amendment?
It prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
The right to keep a weapon and use it to protect themselves
What is the 2nd Amendment?
"Due process of the law" before punishing the person
What is the 5th amendment?
Senators for the states were elected by the people.
What is the 17th amendment?
Grants Washington DC residents to vote for President.
What is the 23rd amendment?
Ban on poll taxes
What is the 24th amendment?
Trial by Jury in civil cases and the rights of those being sued
What is the 7th Amendment?
Powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.
What is the 10th amendment?
Allows women to have the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
A person can't be elected for President more than twice.
What is the 22nd amendment?
Bans changes to income for Congress
What is the 27th amendment?
A right, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated
What is the 9th amendment?
Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the 8th amendment?
Voting for the President and Vice President
What is the 12th amendment?
Allows the right to vote for those that are 18.
What is the 26th amendment?