| Term | Definition |
|---|
| one | guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government |
| two | protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms |
| three | restricts quartering of troops in private homes |
| four | protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures" |
| five | assures the right to not be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," including protections against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation |
| six | guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury |
| seven | assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions) |
| eight | protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment |
| nine | provides that people's rights are not restricted those specified in Amendments 1-8 |
| ten | restates the Constitutions principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people |
| eleven | removed cases in which a state was sued without its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal courts |
| twelve | required presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president |
| thirteen | abolished slavery and authorized Congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition |
| fourteen | granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US; banned states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process of law; and banned states from denying any person equal protection under the laws |
| fifteen | extended voting rights to AA by outlawing denial of the right to ote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
| sixteen | empowered Congress to levy an income tax |
| seventeen | provided for the election of US senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legistlature |
| eighteen | authorized Congress to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportatioin of liquor |
| nineteen | women's suffrage |
| twenty | shortened the time between a presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as Inaugration Day; set January 3 as the date for the opening of the new Congress |
| twenty-one | repealed the 18th amendment and empowered Congress to regulate the liquor industry |
| twenty-two | limited presidents to two full terms in office |
| twenty-three | granted voters in DC the right to vote for president and vice president |
| twenty-four | forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election |
| twenty-five | provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of the vice president |
| twenty-six | extended the right to vote to 18-year olds |
| twenty-seven | Banned Congress from increasing its members' salaries until after the next election |
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