ap gov amendments

amendment 1

speech, press, and assembly. includes the establishment and exercise clauses

amendment 2

right to keep and bear arms. includes the security (prefatory) and arms (operative) clauses

amendment 3

quartering of soldiers/troops. “No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered…”

amendment 4

search and seizure. includes warrant clause

amendment 5

legal rights.

1. grand jury indictment for federal crimes

2. protection against double jeopardy

3. right against self-incrimination

4. right to due process of law

5. protection against government taking private property without just compensation

amendment 6

rights of the accused

amendment 7

right to jury trial in civil affairs

amendment 8

cruel and unusual punishments

amendment 9

enumerated rights (not explicitly stated, but are still protected by Constitution)

amendment 10

reserved rights to the states/people

amendment 13

abolition of slavery/involuntary servitude, with an exception for punishment for a crime

amendment 14

equal protection, citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, apportionment of representatives (undoes the 3/5ths clause- includes voting rights denial or abridgement, apportionment of representatives by population excluding Indians not taxed, citizen status and age of voters, reduction of representatives as a consequence), insurrection/disqualification (to prevent former Confederates from holding power in government and safeguard the Union from future insurrections after the Civil War), public debt clause, enforcement clause (doesn’t directly list rights or protections- grants power to Congress to enforce provisions in earlier sections of Amendment)

amendment 15

voting rights (race, color, or previous condition of servitude)

amendment 17

direct election of senators by people (previously state legislatures)

amendment 19

Women’s suffrage

amendment 24

elimination of poll taxes

amendment 26

lowered voting age from 21 to 18