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Amendment 1
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, .
Amendment 2
Right to bear arms
Amendment 3
Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
Amendment 4
No unreasonable search or arrest.
Amendment 5
No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
Amendment 6
The right to a speedy and public trial.
Amendment 7
The right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 and over.
Amendment 8
No excessive bail or cruel punishment.
Amendment 9
People get rights not listed in Constitution.
Amendment 10
Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
Amendment 11
Individual cannot sue a state in a federal court.
Amendment 12
Separate ballots for President and Vice President.
Amendment 13
Abolish slavery.
Amendment 14
If you are born or naturalized in the U.S. then you are a citizen of the U.S.
Amendment 15
You cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed.
Amendment 16
Income tax
Amendment 17
Popular election of U.S. Senators.
Amendment 18
Ban of alcohol prohibition
Amendment 19
Women get the right to vote.
Amendment 20
President takes office on January 20th instead of March 4th.
Amendment 21
Repeal prohibition
Amendment 22
President can only serve two terms.
Amendment 23
Washington D.C. residents can vote for president.
Amendment 24
Anti poll tax.
Amendment 25
Lays down the rules for who becomes president if the president dies/resigns etc.
Amendment 26
18 year olds get to vote.
Amendment 27
Congress cannot accept a pay raise until next term.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Supreme Court ruling- giving students' rights to free speech in public schools.
Miranda V Arizona
the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination
District of Columbia v. Heller
The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia
Marbury V. Madison
This Supreme Court Case Brought about the first Judicial Review
Gideon V. Wainwright
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.
Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation was not legal (separation is not equal)
Hazel wood v. Kuhlmeir
The Supreme Court clarified some of the limits on First Amendment rights for public school students.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation said that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
Black Codes
These laws were passed to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans and to continue the white dominance that had existed under slavery.
Servitude
Slavery or bondage of any kind
Poll Tax
Poll taxes were requirements for voting.
Sojourner Truth
a former slave who spoke out for the rights of African Americans and women
Lucretia Mott
a Quaker and an abolitionist with considerable organizing and public speaking skills
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
an abolitionist who was a co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights; author of the Declaration of Sentiments; co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association
women’s suffrage
the right of women to vote
women’s right movement
an organized effort to improve the political, legal, and economic status of women in American society
Susan B. Anthony
a close ally of Stanton’s; co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association
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