Bills of Rights
- The freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The right to bear arms.
(2 separate amendments)
What is the first and second amendment?
Abolished slavery from the states.
What is the 13th amendment?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of (gender).
What is the 19th amendment?
The Vice president becomes president after president dies
What is the 25th amendment?
The first 10 amendments
What are the Bills of Rights?
No quartering of soldiers and unreasonable search and seizure.
(2 separate amendments)
What is the third and fourth amendment?
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th amendment?
Prohibits the any use of alcohol. Ex) drinking, saling, etc.
What is the 18th amendment?
Repealed the 18th amendment
What is the 21st amendment?
The president that passed the 13th amendment
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
All rights not given to Federal Government belong to states and people.
What is the tenth amendment?
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What is the 14th amendment?
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes"
What is the 16th amendment?
Sets up Presidential terms
What is the 22nd amendment
The latest amendment that prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for representatives.
What is the 27th amendment?
Right to due process of law, freedom of self incrimination, double jeopardy
Establishes that no federal court has the right to hear cases that citizens make against a state.
What is the 11th amendment?
Gave the people the right to vote for their senators instead of the state legislatures
What is the 17th amendment?
Prohibits poll taxes for voting
What is the 24th amendment?
- Right to trial by jury in civil cases
- No excessive bail & fines or cruel & unusual punishment
- There are other rights not written in the Constitution
(3 separate amendments)
What is the 7th, 8th, and 9th amendment?
Right to a fair and speedy public trial, Notice of accusations, Confronting one's accuser, Subpoenas, Right to counsel
What is the sixth amendment?
This amendment edited the process to elect the President and Vice President from the Electoral College. The President and the Vice President will now have to be vote distinctly.
What is the 12th amendment?
Sets the dates of when the terms of government elect offices end while setting of the order of successors after a president dies.
What is the 20th amendment?
Gives residents of Washington DC the right to vote
What is the 23rd amendment?
Allowed the voting age to drop to the age of 18 as a result of the drafting of men at age 18.
What is the 26th amendment?