| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1st | freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition |
| 2nd | right to keep and bear arms |
| 3rd | quatering troops |
| 4th | searches and seizures |
| 5th | criminal proceedings; due process; eminent domain |
| 6th | criminal proceeding: trial by jury |
| 7th | civil trails |
| 8th | excessive bail and cruel punishment |
| 9th | construction of the constitution |
| 10th | powers reserved to the states and the people |
| 11th | immunity of states from certain lawsuits |
| 12th | changes in electoral college procedures |
| 13th | abolition of slavery |
| 14th | citizenship, due process, equal protection |
| 15th | no denial of votes because of race, color, or previous enslavement |
| 16th | power of congress to tax incomes |
| 17th | popular election of U.S. senators |
| 18th | prohibition of alcohol |
| 19th | woman's rights to vote |
| 20th | change of dates for start of pesidental and congressional terms |
| 21st | repeal of prohibition (18th amendment) |
| 22nd | limits of presidential terms |
| 23rd | distirct of columbia vote in presidental elections |
| 24th | ban of tax payment as voter qualifaction |
| 25th | presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability |
| 26th | voting at age 18 |
| 27th | congressional pay |
| 1st article | legislative branch |
| 2nd article | executive branch |
| 3rd article | judicial branch |
| 4th article | relations among the states |
| 5th article | amending the constutution |
| 6th article | national debts, supremacy of national law, and oaths of office |
| 7th article | ratifying the constitution |
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