Amendments & the Bill of Rights

1st Amendment

Freedom of Expression (free speech, free exercise, free press, etc.)

2nd Amendment

Gun rights

3rd Amendment

4th Amendment

5th Amendment

Search and Seizure

6th Amendment

Right to Counsel

7th Amendment

Speedy trial

8th Amendment

No excessive bail

9th Amendment

Protects the individual’s natural rights and gives the people rights that aren’t listed in the Constitution

10th Amendment

Any power not explicitly listed in the Constitution go to the States

14th Amendment

Citizenship/Naturalization, Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause

15th Amendment

Granted African-American men the right to vote

17th Amendment

Allowed the people to elect their Senators rather than a vote by state legislators

19th Amendment

Women’s right to vote

22nd Amendment

No person can be elected to the office of the President more than twice (limits a person to two years of a term)

24th Amendment

Got rid of poll taxes

26th Amendment

Reduced the voting age to 18