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First Amendment

Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Second Amendment

Right to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Protection against quartering of soldiers.

Fourth Amendment

Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment

Rights in criminal cases, including due process and protection against self-incrimination.

Sixth Amendment

Right to a fair trial.

Seventh Amendment

Right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

Protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

Ninth Amendment

Rights retained by the people, even if not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

Tenth Amendment

Powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states or the people.

Eleventh Amendment

Limits the ability to sue states in federal court.

Twelfth Amendment

Revises presidential election procedures.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.

Fourteenth Amendment

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

Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Sixteenth Amendment

Allows Congress to levy an income tax.

Seventeenth Amendment

Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibition of alcoholic beverages (later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment).

Nineteenth Amendment

Grants women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment

Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms (Lame Duck Amendment).

Twenty-First Amendment

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, ending prohibition.

Twenty-Second Amendment

Limits the president to two terms in office.

Twenty-Third Amendment

Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Addresses presidential succession and disability.

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Lowers the voting age to 18 years.

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election.