Bill of Rights (1-5)
Basic Rights of Americans
Basic Rights of Americans
First Amendment
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom of the press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom to petition the government
Sixth Amendment
Right to a fair, speedy, and public trial
Eleventh Amendment (1795)
Limits lawsuits against states
Sixteenth Amendment (1913)
Allows federal income tax
Twenty First Amendment (1933)
Repeals Prohibition (18th Amendment).
The Bill of Rights
First Ten Amendments
(ratified on December 15, 1791)
Second Amendment
Right to bear arms
Seventh Amendment
Right to trial by jury in civil cases
Twelfth Amendment (1804)
Revises presidential election procedures
Seventeenth Amendment (1913)
Popular election of senators
Question 37
Twenty Second Amendment (1951)
Limits president to two terms
Twenty Sixth Amendment (1971)
Lowers voting age to 18
Third Amendment
Quartering of soldiers
Eighth Amendment
Protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
Abolishes slavery
Eighteenth Amendment (1919)
Prohibition of alcohol
Twenty Third (1961)
Presidential vote for D.C. residents
Twenty Seventh Amendment (1992)
Regulates congressional compensation
Fourth Amendment
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure
Ninth Amendment
Rights retained by the people
Question 97
Fourteenth Amendment (1868) (Q97)
Grants citizenship, equal protection, and due process
Question 102
Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
Women's right to vote
Twenty Fourth Amendment (1964)
Abolishes poll taxes
Question 5
How is an amendment made?
A constitutional amendment is made by proposal through Congress or a state-called convention, followed by ratification by three-fourths (3/4) of the states.
Fifth Amendment
Rights in criminal cases (grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process)
Question 60
Tenth Amendment
Powers not given to the federal government belong to the state or the people.
Question 98
Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
Voting rights not denied by race
Twentieth Amendment (1933)
Defines presidential/congressional terms
Twenty Fifth Amendment (1967)
Presidential succession and disability.
What is the Constitutional Requirement for an amendment?
Constitutional Requirement:
For an amendment to become part of the U.S. Constitution, it must be ratified by three-fourths of the states, which currently means at least 38 out of 50 states must approve it.