Show:
Name the Amendment
What was the reason for the amendment?
When was it passed?
Why was it passed?
Name the amendment pt 2
100

Gives power to the people

10th amendment

100

4th amendment

Wanted to outlaw illegal searches and seizures

100

9th amendment

1791

100

21st amendment

Repealed prohibition

100

Protection of double jeopardy

5th amendment

200

Presidential succession

25th amendment

200

27th amendment

Congress could not change their own salaries

200

12th amendment

1804

200

10th amendment

Gave power to the citizens 

200

Trial by a jury

7th amendment

300

Shortened the time in office after end of Presidential term

20th amendment

300

11th amendment

Limited powers of the judicial branch

300

16th amendment

1913

300

19th amendment

Gave women the right to vote

300

Gave african-americans citizenship

14th amendment

400

Gave people of Washington D.C. the right to vote

23rd amendment

400

6th amendment

To speed up the judicial process
400

17th amendment

1913

400

22nd amendment

Limited the terms a president could have

400

Cruel and unusual punishment

8th amendment

500

Set up federal income taxes

16th amendment

500

13th amendment

Abolished slavery in the US

500

24th amendment

1964

500

17th amendment

Senators elected by popular vote

500

Presidential succession was fixed

25th amendment