Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments

First Amendment

• It guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

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Second Amendment

• The right to own and bear arms.

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Third Amendment address

• The quartering of soldiers.

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Fourth Amendment

• Protection against illegal search and seizure of private property.

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Fifth Amendment

• Freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and right to due process.

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Sixth Amendment guarantee

• The right to a speedy trial, witnesses, and a lawyer.

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Seventh Amendment

• Right to a trial by jury in civil cases.

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Eighth Amendment

• Protection against excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment.

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Ninth Amendment

• The Constitution is not an exclusive list of rights.

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Tenth Amendment

• States retain all privileges not given to the Federal government.

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Eleventh Amendment

• Interprets judicial powers.

Twelfth Amendment

• Sets guidelines for electing the President and Vice President.

Thirteenth Amendment

• Abolishes the practice of slavery.

Fourteenth Amendment

• Defines citizenship and limits states from violating equal protection.

Fifteenth Amendment

• Prohibits limiting the right to vote based on race.

Sixteenth Amendment

• Authorizes the collection of federal income tax.

Seventeenth Amendment

• Provides for election of Senators by direct popular vote.

Eighteenth Amendment

• Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquor.

Nineteenth Amendment

• Gives women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment

• Changed inauguration day from March to January.

Twenty-First Amendment

• Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition).

Twenty-Second Amendment

• Limits the President to 2 terms or 10 years.

Twenty-Third Amendment

• Grants Presidential voting rights to the District of Columbia.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Bars poll tax in federal elections.

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

• Provides for Presidential disability and succession.

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Lowers the legal voting age to 18.

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

• Congressional pay raises take effect only after the next election.