27 Amendments
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1st Amendment
Free speech, press, religion, and assembly
2nd Amendment
The right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
No quartering of troops in homes
4th Amendment
No unreasonable searches/seizures
5th Amendment
A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against themselves
6th Amendment
Right to speedy and public trial and right to lawyer and counsel
7th Amendment
Right to trial by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment
No excessive bail, fines, cruel/unusual punishment
9th Amendment
Listing specific rights in the Constitution doesn’t mean people don’t have other unwritten rights. Reserves unwritten government powers to the states and people.
10th Amendment
The federal government only has the powers given to it by the Constitution. Powers not delegated to Congress or prohibited to the states belong to the states or the people
11th Amendment
Protects state governments from being sued in federal courts by private citizens of another state or a foreign country without the state’s consent
12th Amendment
The electoral college will vote separately for president and VP rather than together in one ballot
13th Amendment
Slavery is outlawed
14th Amendment
Citizenship to everyone born or naturalized in the U.S. including formerly enslaved people
15th Amendment
Right to vote can’t be denied by race
16th Amendment
Congress can levy individual income taxes
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators
18th Amedment
Prohinition of liquors
19th Amendment
Women’s right to vote
20th Amendment
Sets clear dates for when elected officials can take office
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th and ends Prohibition
22nd Amendment
Limits a President to two terms
23nd Amendment
DC can vote in presidential elections
24th Amendment
Ban on poll taxes
25th Amendment
Appointment of a new vice president due to presidential incompetence
26th Amendment
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18.
27th Amendment
Congress can’t up their own pay, salary increases only apply to people elected after the increase happens