Bill of Rights - Amendments

I (1st) Amendment

protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

II (2nd) Amendment

protects the right to keep and bear arms (guns)

III (3rd) Amendment

protects citizens from having soldiers quartered in their homes.

IV (4th) Amendment

protects against unreasonable searches and seizure of personal property and effects

V (5th)Amendment

Deals with rights of citizens when they are accused of crimes.

VI (6th) Amendment

explains how the process goes when a person is accused of a crime and explains the protections to which they are entitled.

VII (7th) Amendment

guaranteed the right to a trial by jury

VIII (8th) Amendment

protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail

IX (9th) Amendment

acknowledges that if there are other rights not mentioned in the first ten amendments, their exclusion from the list doesn’t mean that those rights are not protected.

X (10th) Amendment

States that any power not explicitly granted by the constitution to the federal forget belong exclusively to the states

XIII (13th) Amendment

Abolished Slavery

XIV (14th) Amendment

defines citizenship, the equal protection clause, due process clause

XV (15th) Amendment

Voting for African American Men

XIX (19th) Amendment

gave women the right to vote