Human Rights
What right does the first amendment protect?
The first amendment protects a citizen's freedom of speech, the press, religion, assembly and petition
How does the fourth amendment protect a person's rights?
The fourth amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
How does the twenty seventh amendment limit the government?
The twenty seventh amendment bans congress from raising their pay
Which amendment was made due to the young age of soldiers in the Vietnam war?
The twenty sixth amendment that lowered the voting age to eighteen
What did the third amendment ban?
The quartering of soldiers
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
Nineteenth amendment
How does the fifth amendment protect a person's rights?
The fifth amendment protects against habeas corpus, double indictment, self incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation.
How does the twenty second amendment limit the government power?
The twenty second amendment limits the president to only two terms
What did the thirteenth amendment abolish?
The thirteenth amendment banned slavery
Which amendment banned the consumption and shipment of alcohol?
The eighteenth
Which amendment abolished slavery?
The thirteenth amendment
How does the sixth amendment protect a person in court?
The sixth amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, such as the right to a speedy trial, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.
How does the ninth amendment limit governmental power for the rights of the people?
The government cannot take away rights of the American people that are not specifically listed in the U.S. Constitution
Which amendment got rid of voting taxes?
The twenty fourth amendment
What does the third amendment ban?
The quartering of soldiers
Which amendment allowed citizenship of all those born in the US?
The 14th amendment
How does the eighth amendment protect jailed citizens?
The eighth amendment protects against cruel or unusual punishments such as excessive bails and fines
How does the tenth amendment limit the federal government's power?
The tenth amendment states that if a power is not given explicitly to the federal government it is a power of the state
What did the fithteen amendment do?
The fifth amendment introduced black rights
Which amendment allows federal income taxes?
The sixteenth amendment
What did the fifthteenth amendment do?
The fifthteenth amendment prohibits the disenfranchising voters based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
How does the fourteenth amendment protect everyone in the court system?
All people born within the US has citizenship are given equal protection under the law so discrimination is banned
How does the eleventh amendment limit governmental power?
The eleventh amendment prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states
Which amendment allows citizenship for all those born in the US?
The fourteenth amendment
What did the twenty first amendment allow?
The twenty first amendment allowed the consumption of alcohol abolishing the eighteen amendment