| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1st Amendment | RAPS, freedom of religion, assembly, press, and speech |
| 2nd Amendment | right to bear arms |
| 3rd Amendment | limits the quartering of soldiers |
| 4th Amendment | limits seaches and seizures |
| 5th Amendment | rights of a person accused of crimes |
| 6th Amendment | right to a speedy trial |
| 7th Amendment | jury trial in a civil case |
| 8th Amendment | execessive bail or punishment prohibited |
| 9th Amendment | citizens entitled to rights not listed in Constitution |
| 10 Amendment | powers reserved to the states or people |
| Bill of Rights | comprised of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution |
| 11th Amendment | rules for lawsuits against the United States (1798) |
| 12th Amendment | new way of electing the president and vice president (1804); no longer separate elections |
| 13th Amendment | slavery abolished (1865) |
| 14th Amendment | Guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law (1868) |
| 15th Amendment | Protects voting rights (1870) |
| 16th Amendment | Rights of federal government to collect income taxes (1913) |
| 17th Amendment | Election of senators by the people (1913). |
| 18th Amendment | banned sale of alcohol (1919) |
| 19th Amendment | Women given the right to vote (1920). |
| 20th Amendment | Sets date when terms of the President and Congress begin (1933). |
| 21st Amendment | Repeals 18th amendment (1933); ban on sale of alcohol repealed |
| 22nd Amendment | Limits the President to two terms (1951) |
| 23rd Amendment | Gives people in the District of Columbia the right to vote for president (1961) |
| 24th Amendment | Forbids paying tax to vote (1964) |
| 25th Amendment | If something happens to the President, determines who is next in line (1967): vice president, then speaker of the house, then president of the senate, then secretary of state, then secretary of treasury |
| 26th Amendment | Sets 18 as the voting age (1971); 18 year olds can also be drafted, so it is only fair that if they are treated as adults, they have rights like adults |
| 27th Amendment | Salary changes to Congress may only be made after a general election (1992) |
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