First
Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government
Second
Protects the right of the citizens to bear arms
Third
Restricts quartering of troops in private homes
Fourth
Protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures
Fifth
Assures the right not to 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
Sixth
Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
Seventh
Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions)
Eighth
Protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Ninth
Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8
Tenth
Restates the Constitution's 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
Eleventh
Removed cases in which a state was sued without its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal courts
Twelfth
Required Presidential electors to vote separately for President and Vice President
Thirteenth
Abolished slavery and authorized Congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition
Fourteenth
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States; 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 law
Fifteenth
Extended voting rights to African Americans by outlawing denial of the right to vote on the basis of race, color or previous condition of servitude
Sixteenth
Empowered Congress to levy an income tax
Seventeenth
Provided for the election of U.S. Senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legislatures
Eighteenth
Authorized Congress to prohibit manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor
Nineteenth
Extended the right to vote to women
Twentieth
Shortened the time between a Presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20th as Inauguration Day; set January 3rd as the date for the opening of a new Congress
Twenty-First
Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and empowered Congress to regulate the liquor industry
Twenty-Second
Limited Presidents to two full terms in office
Twenty-Third
Granted voters in the District of Columbia the right to vote for President and Vice President
Twenty-Fourth
Forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election
Twenty-Fifth
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-Sixth
Extended the right to vote to 18-year olds
Twenty-Seventh
Banned Congress from increasing its members' salaries until after the next election