Review of the First 26 Constitutional Amendments

A collection of vocabulary flashcards outlining the year of ratification and core function of the first 26 Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Bill of Rights

The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791.

First Amendment (1791)

Guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.

Second Amendment (1791)

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment (1791)

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime.

Fourth Amendment (1791)

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for search warrants.

Fifth Amendment (1791)

Provides for the right against self-incrimination and double jeopardy, and ensures due process of law.

Sixth Amendment (1791)

Guarantees the right to a fair and speedy public trial by an impartial jury, and legal counsel.

Seventh Amendment (1791)

Ensures the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment (1791)

Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

Ninth Amendment (1791)

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

Tenth Amendment (1791)

Affirms that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

Eleventh Amendment (1795)

Limits the ability to sue states in federal court.

Twelfth Amendment (1804)

Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.

Thirteenth Amendment (1865)

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

Fourteenth Amendment (1868)

Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guarantees equal protection under the law.

Fifteenth Amendment (1870)

Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Sixteenth Amendment (1913)

Allows Congress to levy an income tax.

Seventeenth Amendment (1913)

Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people rather than state legislatures.

Eighteenth Amendment (1919)

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (Prohibition).

Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

Grants women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment (1933)

Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms; commonly known as the "Lame Duck Amendment".

Twenty-First Amendment (1933)

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, effectively ending Prohibition.

Twenty-Second Amendment (1951)

Limits the President to two terms in office.

Twenty-Third Amendment (1961)

Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964)

Prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967)

Establishes procedures for presidential succession and addressing presidential disability.

Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971)

Lowers the voting age to 18 years.