Quick Recall -- Constitutional Amendments
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 religion, speech, press, assembly, petition | 1st |
| right to bear arms | 2nd |
| no quartering of troops | 3rd |
| search and seizure | 4th |
| due process, self-incrimination, double jeopardy | 5th |
| fair, speedy, and public trial, confront accuser, call witnesses, right to counsel | 6th |
| trial by jury in civil cases | 7th |
| no excessive fines or bail or cruel and unusual punishment | 8th |
| unenumerated rights retained by the people | 9th |
| reserved powers to the states | 10th |
| sovereign immunity | 11th |
| revised presidential election procedures | 12th |
| abolishes slavery | 13th |
| defines citizenship | 14th |
| no denial of voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude | 15th |
| Income tax | 16th |
| direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote | 17th |
| Prohibition | 18th |
| Women's suffrage | 19th |
| "Lame duck" amendment | 20th |
| repeal of prohibition | 21st |
| limits president to two terms | 22nd |
| Washington DC represented in the electoral college | 23rd |
| no poll taxes | 24th |
| process of Presidential succession | 25th |
| voting age of 18 | 26th |
| changes of Congressional salary cannot go into effect until the next term | 27th |
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