POLS 1101 - Amendments

1st amendment

religion, speech, assembly, politics

2nd amendment

Militia and right to bear arms

3rd amendment

quartering of soldiers

4th Amendment

search and seizure

5th Amendment

grand juries, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process, eminent domain

6th Amendment

Criminal Court Procedures

7th Amendment

trial by jury in common law cases

8th amendment

Bail, Cruel, Unusual Punishment

9th amendment

rights retained by the people

10th amendment

reserved powers of the states

11th amendment

suits against the states

12th amendment

election of the president

13th amendment

prohibition of slavery

14th amendment

citizenship, due process, and equal protection of the laws

15th amendment

the right to vote

16th amendment

income taxes

17th amendment

Direct election of US senators

18th amendment

Prohibition of alcohol

19th amendment

Women's suffrage

20th amendment

the lame duck amendment

21st amendment

repeal of prohibition

22nd amendment

number of presidential terms

23rd amendment

Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia

24th amendment

Anti poll tax.

25th amendment

presidential disability and vice president vacancies

26th amendment

lowered the voting age to 18

27th amendment

congressional salaries