The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called
What is the bill of rights?
100
Protects citizens from being forced to take soldiers into their homes to feed and board them.
What is the 3rd amendment?
100
Prohibits courts from imposing excessive bails and fines. It also forbids the use of “cruel and unusual punishment”.
What is the 8th amendment?
100
1865
Abolished slavery in the United States and its territories under its jurisdiction
What is the 13th amendment?
100
1919
The Prohibition Amendment
Prohibits the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
What is the 18th amendment?
200
The Bill of Rights guarantee individual rights and freedoms was added to the Constitution less than _____ years after it became effective.
What is 3?
200
Prohibits the unreasonable search and seizure of people, their houses, papers, and private property. Requires a warrant issued by a judge.
What is the 4th amendment?
200
Makes clear that the rights mentioned in the first eight amendments include certain, but not ALL, rights of the citizens. It states that the people retain any rights not specifically listed in the Constitution
What is the 9th amendment?
200
1868
The “Civil rights amendment”, was to give citizenship to former slaves.
What is the 14th amendment?
200
1920
The Susan B. Anthony Amendment
Women have the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
300
Drafted the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
300
Describes the rights of citizens in criminal cases.
“Eminent Domain” the ability of the government to take private property by paying a fair price for it.
What is the 5th amendment?
300
Asserts that the states or the people retain those powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.
What is the 10th amendment?
300
1870
Prohibits the U.S. government and the states from denying any citizen the right to vote on account of race, color or having been a slave.
What is the 15th amendment?
300
The 20th amendment
What is the amendment of 1933
The Lame Duck Amendment
Moves the date of inaugeration closer to the election date
January 20 for the President
January 3 for Congress
400
Protects the freedom of religion, speech and the press
Grants citizens the rights to peaceably assemble and to petition the government.
What is the first amendment?
400
The 6th amendment
What is the amendment that guarantees the right to a fair trial
400
1795
Prohibits a citizen of one state or a citizen of another country from suing another state in federal court.
However, there are exceptions.
What is the 11th amanedment?
400
1913
Grants Congress the right to levy an income tax without regard to each state’s population.
What is the 16th amendment?
400
The 21st amendment
1933
Repealed the 18th Amendment
What is Alcoholic beverages are legal once again?
500
The Second Amendment
What is Every state has the right to a “well regulated militia” and the right of the people to have and carry weapons
500
Guarantees the right to a trial by jury in civil cases where the disputed amount exceeds $20
What is the 7th amendment
500
The 12th amendment
What is in 1804, this amendment, Requires members of the electoral college to cast 2 separate ballots : one for president and one for vice president.
500
The 17th amendment
What is inthe amendment 1913, that gives the people of the states the power to elect their senators?
500
The 22nd amendment, passed in 1921
What is the amendment that limits the President to 2 terms in office