Amendments

• 1st Amendment


  Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
• 2nd Amendment


  Right to bear arms
• 3rd Amendment


  No quartering of soldiers
• 4th Amendment


  Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
• 5th Amendment


  prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against themselves.
• 6th Amendment


  Right to a speedy and public trial
• 7th Amendment


  Right to trial by jury in civil cases
• 8th Amendment


  Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
• 9th Amendment


  People's rights are not limited to those listed in the Constitution
• 10th Amendment


  The powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states
• 11th Amendment (1795)


  When states sue other states, it automatically goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another state. Another country can't sue the US and vice verse.
• 12th Amendment (1804)


  Requires electors to vote separately for President and Vice President
• 13th Amendment (1865)


  abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
• 14th Amendment (1868)


  made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country
• 15th Amendment (1870)


  Guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
• 16th Amendment (1913)


  Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.
• 17th Amendment (1913)


  Direct election of senators
• 18th Amendment (1919)


  Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
• 19th Amendment (1920)


  Granted women suffrage
• 20th Amendment (1933)


  Shortens the lame duck period by moving the presidential inauguration from March to January.
• 21st Amendment (1933)


  Repealed prohibition
• 22nd Amendment


  Limits the president to two terms in office
• 23rd Amendment


  Gave Washington D.C representatives in the electoral college so citizens of D.C. could participate in the electoral process
• 24th Amendment


  Prohibited poll taxes
• 25th Amendment


  Outlines what happens when the president dies or is unable to continue in office
• 26th Amendment


  Set national voting age at 18
• 27th Amendment


  Any changes in Congressional salary will take place after the next term starts