Birth of Amendments
The first 10 amendments are collectively known as this.
Bill Of Rights
This amendment gave Congress the power to levy an income tax.
The 16th amendment
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a trial that is both public and this.
Speedy
The 15th, 19th, 23rd, and 26th Amendments all expanded this democratic right.
Voting
This amendment set presidential term limits after Franklin D. Roosevelt served four terms.
The 22nd Amendment
These two amendments were passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery and define citizenship.
The 13th and 14th Amendment
This amendment gave Congress the ability to ban alcohol, later undone by the 21st.
The 18th Amendment
The Fifth Amendment says no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without this.
Due process law
The 17th Amendment allowed citizens to directly elect these officials.
Senators
This amendment is the only one to ever repeal another.
The 21st Amendment
This amendment was the very first to be ratified in 1791.
The 1st Amendment
The 25th Amendment allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to do this to the President.
Declare them unfit
The Eighth Amendment is often debated in relation to this controversial punishment.
Death penalty
This amendment ended poll taxes in state and federal elections.
24th Amendment
This amendment ensures succession procedures if the President dies or resigns.
The 25th Amendment
This amendment, ratified in 1795, was the first to repeal part of the Constitution’s original text.
the 11th Amendment
The 17th Amendment changed how U.S. Senators are chosen, allowing this method.
Direct Election
This amendment guarantees that powers not given to the federal government remain with the states or the people.
10th Amendment
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforced this Constitutional amendment’s promise.
The 15th Amendment
This amendment is sometimes called the “Noble Experiment.”
The 18th Amendment
This amendment holds the record as the longest ratification period—over 200 years.
27th Amendment
The 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause has been the foundation for many cases involving this social issue.
Civil Rights
This amendment specifies that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution shall not deny others retained by the people.
9th Amendment
Ratified in 1961, this amendment gave presidential electors to a place without statehood.
23rd Amendment
This amendment bars congressional pay raises from taking effect until after the next election.
The 27th amendment