1st Amendment
Right to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition.
2nd Amendment
Right to Bear Arms.
3rd Amendment
Quartering Soldiers is not allowed without owner's consent.
4th Amendment
People protected from unreasonable Search and Seizure.
5th Amendment
Right to due process and protections from self-incrimination (and protection against double jeopardy).
6th Amendment
Rights of the Accused (Right to a quick and speedy trial; Right to an attorney; etc).
7th Amendment
Right to Trial.
8th Amendment
Right to no cruel or unusual punishment.
9th Amendment
Opens up more rights that do not exist.
10th Amendment
Gives states the powers that are not delegated to the national government (Reserved Powers).
11th Amendment
Restricts the ability of individuals to bring suit against states in federal court.
12th Amendment
Provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President. It replaced the procedure provided in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, by which the Electoral College originally functioned.
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
14th Amendment
Equal protection under the law, born in U.S.= U.S. citizen.
One of the three Civil War Amendments; guarantees equal protection and due process of the law to all U.S. citizens.
15th Amendment
Right to vote for all races.
16th Amendment
Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.
17th Amendment
Called for direct election of senators by the people.
18th Amendment
Declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol. Shortly after the amendment was ratified, Congress passed the Volstead Act to provide for the federal enforcement of
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote.
20th Amendment
Is a simple amendment that sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies. This amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.
21st Amendment
Repealed the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to th
23rd Amendment
Gives residents of Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College.
24th Amendment
Abolished the poll tax for all federal elections.
A poll tax was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote.
25th Amendment
Presidential succession.
26th Amendment
Lowered voting age to 18 years old.
27th Amendment
Deals with pay raises or decreases for members of Congress.