Amendment Test Tues

First Amendment

Protects the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

Second Amendment

Protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires a warrant to be judicially sanctioned and backed by probable cause.

Fifth Amendment

Establishes rights related to legal proceedings, including protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy, and guarantees due process.

Sixth Amendment

Guarantees the right to a fair and speedy public trial by an impartial jury, and to be informed of the nature of the charges.

Seventh Amendment

Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds twenty dollars.

Eighth Amendment

Prohibits excessive bail and fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishments.

Ninth Amendment

States that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment

Affirms that powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.

Eleventh Amendment

Limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court.

Twelfth Amendment

Provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, modifying the original electoral process.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

Fourteenth Amendment

Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and guarantees equal protection under the law and due process.

Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on 'race, color, or previous condition of servitude.'

Sixteenth Amendment

Authorizes the federal government to impose an income tax.

Seventeenth Amendment

Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors (later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment).

Nineteenth Amendment

Grants women the right to vote, prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.