Quizlet US Amendments

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  1. eight: protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
  2. eighteen: authorized Congress to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportatioin of liquor
  3. eleven: removed cases in which a state was sued without its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal courts
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. four: protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures"
  7. 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
  8. nine: provides that people's rights are not restricted those specified in Amendments 1-8
  9. nineteen: women's suffrage
  10. one: guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government
  11. seven: assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions)
  12. seventeen: provided for the election of US senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legistlature
  13. six: guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
  14. sixteen: empowered Congress to levy an income tax
  15. 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
  16. thirteen: abolished slavery and authorized Congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition
  17. three: restricts quartering of troops in private homes
  18. twelve: required presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. twenty-four: forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election
  22. twenty-one: repealed the 18th amendment and empowered Congress to regulate the liquor industry
  23. twenty-seven: Banned Congress from increasing its members' salaries until after the next election
  24. twenty-six: extended the right to vote to 18-year olds
  25. twenty-three: granted voters in DC the right to vote for president and vice president
  26. twenty-two: limited presidents to two full terms in office
  27. two: protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms