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1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
No quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment
The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
6th Amendment
Right to a speedy trial
7th Amendment
Right to trial by jury
8th Amendment
No cruel or unusual punishment
9th Amendment
Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment
Powers not given to federal government go to people and States
11th Amendment
One State cannot be sued by another state
12th Amendment
separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college.
13th Ammendment
abolished slavery
14th Amendment
granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
15th Amendment
gave African American men the right to vote
16th Amendment
Allows the federal government to collect income tax
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
20th Amendment
sets the inauguration date for new presidential terms and the date for new sessions of Congress
21st Amendment
Amendment which ended the Prohibition of alcohol in the US, repealing the 18th amendment
22nd Amendment
Limits the president to two terms or 10 years.
23rd Amendment
gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote
24th Amendment
Abolishes poll taxes
25th Amendment
Presidential succession
26th Amendment
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
27th Amendment
prohibits Congress from changing its salary compensation until after the mid-term election
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