amendments

• 1st amendment the freedom of speech and of the press, assembly, and petition.
• 2nd amendment the right to bear arms.
• 3rd amendment no quartering soldiers
• 4th amendment - prohibits unreasonable search and seizure
• 5th amendment: guarantees the right to a grand jury, forbids “double jeopardy,” and protects against self-incrimination.
• 6th amendment: right to a speedy trial, right to confront witnesses, right to have an attorney
• 7th amendment: protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
• 8th amendment - prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
• 9th amendment: rights not mentioned in the constitution are still protected by the constitution
• 10th amendment: states have the right to make their own laws
• 11th amendment: states cannot be sued in federal court without their consent
• 12th amendment: each elector must cast distinct votes for president and vice president, instead of two votes for president.
• 13th amendment: abolished slavery in the US
• 14th amendments: granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,
• 15th amendments: granted African American men the right to vote
• 16th amendment: allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.
• 17th amendment - direct election of senators
• 18th amendmentdeclared the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal also known as prohobition
• 19th amendment: gave women the right to vote
• 20th amendment:changed the date that the president, vice president, and members of Congress start to January, and it says who becomes president if the president cannot start serving immediately.
• 21st amendment: repealed prohibition, allowed states to legalize alcohol
• 22nd amendment: 2 terms for president, no third term
• 23rd amendment:grants the residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections by granting them electors
• 24th amendment:prohibited states from requiring payment of a poll tax as a condition for voting in federal elections.
• 25th amendment:n case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
• 26th amendment - 18-21 year olds can vote
• 27th amendment:any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred