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Flashcards: Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

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Amendment 1Freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly
Amendment 2Right to bear arms
Amendment 3No quartering of troops in private homes
Amendment 4Unreasonable search and seizure; warrants
Amendment 5Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process, Eminent Domain
Amendment 6Right to Trial, Right to Counsel
Amendment 7Trial by jury in civil cases
Amendment 8Criminal punishments- no excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 9Additioanl Rights Protected
Amendment 10Reserved Powers to the states
Amendment 11Limits on suits against states
Amendment 12Revision of Electoral College
Amendment 13Slavery Prohibited
Amendment 14Sect. 1- ex-slaves made citizens; Sect. 2- penalization to states refusing to observe; Sect. 3- southern rebels denied office; Sect. 4 & 5- rebel debts repudated
Amendment 15African Americans Right to Vote
Amendment 16Federal Income Tax
Amendment 17Direct Election of Senators
Amendment 18Prohibition
Amendment 19Right to vote for women
Amendment 20Dates of presidential term
Amendment 21Repeal of prohibition
Amendment 22Presidential term limit
Amendment 23D.C. can vote in presidential elections
Amendment 24Elimination of poll tax
Amendment 25Presidential succession
Amendment 26Lower voting age to 18
Amendment 27Congressional pay raises