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This Amendment maintains the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment (1791)
100
This Amendment protects from cruel and unusual punishment; also from excessive bail or fines.
What is the 8th Amendment (1791)
100
This Amendment protects citizens from having to quarter soldiers.
What is Amendment 3 (1791)
100
This Amendment says the states will have powers not exercised by the federal government.
What is the 10th Amendment (1791)
100
This Amendment banned poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment (1964)
200
This Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment (1971)
200
This Amendment made changes to the terms of presidential and congressional terms.
What is the 20th Amendment (1933)
200
This Amendment allowed for Senators be elected by popular vote.
What is the 17th Amendment (1913)
200
This Amendment made changes in the electoral college procedures.
What is the 12th Amendment (1804)
200
This Amendment set succession/vacancy/disability guidelines for the presidency.
What is the 25th Amendment (1967)
300
This Amendment states that the people may hold some civil rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment (1791)
300
This Amendment granted states immunity from certain lawsuits.
What is the 11th Amendment (1795)
300
This Amendment gives the right to an attorney and a speedy trial by your peers.
What is the 6th Amendment (1791)
300
Women gained the right to vote because of this Amendment.
What is the 19th Amendment (1920)
300
This Amendment allowed the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) to vote in presidential elections.
What is the 23rd Amendment (1961)
400
This Amendment changed guidelines for congressional pay.
What is the 27th Amendment.
400
This Amendment protects from unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment (1791)
400
This Amendment limited the presidential term to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment (1951)
400
This Amendment gives the right to trial in a civil case for financial means.
What is the 7th Amendment (1791)
400
This Amendment gave Congress the power to tax income.
What is the 16th Amendment (1913)
500
This Amendment protects loss of life, liberty, etc., without due process of law; also protects one from testifying against oneself.
What is the 5th Amendment (1791)
500
These first of these Amendments ended slavery; the second granted citizenship, equal protection and due process.
What are the 13th (1865) and 14th (1868) Amendments.
500
This Amendment guarantees the right of religion, speech and press; also to peaceably assemble.
What is the 1st Amendment (1791)
500
This Amendment prohibited denial of voting based on race, color or previous enslavement.
What is the 15th Amendment (1870)
500
The first of these Amendments made alcohol illegal; the second re-legalized it.
What is the 19th Amendment (1919) and the 21st Amendment (1933)