Amendements to Constitution
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- Freedom of Speech, religion, and press
- 1st Amendment
- Right to Bear Arms
- 2nd Amendment
- Quartering of Soldiers (Private citizens do not have to quarter soldiers w/o their consent
- 3rd Amendment
- Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures
- 4th Amendment
- Rights of the Accused ... No self-incrimination
- 5th Amendment
- Right to a fair and speedy trial... and representation by an attorney
- 6th Amendment
- Right guaranteed in civil cases... trial by jury in cases more than $20
- 7th Amendment
- No excessive fines or cruel or unusual punishment
- 8th Amendment
- Rights no listed in the Constitution may still apply`
- 9th Amendment
- Rights of Individual States`
- 10th Amendment
- Lawsuits against the States
- 11th Amendment
- Provides for election of president and vice president (together)
- 12th amendment
- Abolition of Slavery
- 13th Amendment
- Civil Rights of Blacks
- 14th Amendment
- Black Suffrage
- 15th Amendment
- Income Tax levied (to pay for WWI)
- 16th Amendment
- Popular Election of Senators (by the people)
- 17th Amendment
- Prohibition is imposed (The Volsted Act)
- 18th Amendment
- Terms of President and Congress; Death of President Elect
- 20th Amendment
- Repeal of the Volstead Act (Prohibition)
- 21st Amendment
- President limited to 2 terms
- 22nd Amendment
- Suffrage for D.C.
- 23rd Amendment
- Poll taxes abolished
- 24th Amendment
- Presidential Succession
- 25th Amendment
- 18 year old vote
- 26th Amendment