27 amendments

1st amendment

1st amendment

freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. includes free excercise clause and establishment clause

2nd amendment

Right to keep and bear arms

3rd amendment

No quartering of Soldiers

4th amendment

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause

5th amendment

right to grand jury, indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law.

6th amendment

guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury, that the accused can confront witnesses against them, and that the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer.

7th amendment

Right to a 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

Unenumerated Rights

10th amendment

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

11th amendment

Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing another state.

12th amendment

added the seperation of the president and vice president onto two different ballots

13th amendment

This amendment freed all slaves without compensation to the slaveowners. It legally forbade slavery in the United States.

14th amendment

This amendment declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were entitled equal rights regardless of their race, and that their rights were protected at both the state and national levels.

15th amendment

citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude

16th amendment

federal 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

Changed date president takes office from March 4th to January 20th. Changed start of Congress to January3rd. End of Lame Duck Congress

21st amendment

repeal of prohibition-18th amendment

22nd amendment

limits the number of terms a president may be elected to serve (2)

23rd amendment

Washington D.C. receives 3 electoral votes and the residents are allowed to vote in the Presidential election

24th amendment

outlawed the poll tax

25th amendment

presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability (if the president dies the vice-president steps up, and the vice-president elects someone from congress to take the place of vice-president and then needs to be voted on by congress, and so on down the line)

26th amendment

lowered the voting age to 18

27th amendment

regulates pay raises for members of Congress