Constitutional Amendments
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- (amendment) 21 (1933)
- Repeals 18th amendment (alcohol prohibition)
- (amendment) 15 (1870)
- Blacks given right to vote
- (amendment) 24 (1964)
- Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections
- (amendment) 27 (1992)
- Congressional pay raises
- (amendment) 5 (1791)
- Right when accused: "due-process" clause
- (amendment) 11 (1795)
- Limits on suits against states
- (amendment) 20 (1933)
- Federal terms of office to begin in January; emergency presidential succession
- (amendment) 19 (1920)
- Right to vote for women
- (amendment) 12 (1804)
- Revision of electoral-college procedure
- (amendment) 25 (1967)
- Presidential disability and succession
- (amendment) 10 (1791)
- Powers reserved for states
- (amendment) 17 (1913)
- Requires population election of senators
- (amendment) 23 (1961)
- Right to vote in District of Columbia
- (amendment) 1 (1791)
- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly
- (amendment) 4 (1791)
- Prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures
- (amendment) 13 (1865)
- Slavery prohibited
- (amendment) 7 (1791)
- Common-law suits
- (amendment) 16 (1913)
- Authorizes federal income tax
- (amendment) 9 (1791)
- Unenumerated rights protected
- (amendment) 18 (1919)
- Prohibits manufacture and sale of liquor
- (amendment) 3 (1791)
- Quartering troops in private homes
- (amendment) 8 (1791)
- Bail: no "cruel and unusual" punishments
- (amendment) 22 (1951)
- Two-term limit for president
- (amendment) 14 (1868)
- Ex-slaves made citizens; "due-process" clause applied to states; "equal-protection" clause; reduction in congressional representation for states denying adult males the right to vote
- (amendment) 6 (1791)
- Rights when on trial
- (amendment) 26 (1971)
- Voting age lowered to 18
- (amendment) 2 (1791)
- Right to bear arms