Amendments Matching

1st

Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government

2nd

Protects the right of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms

3rd

Restricts quartering of troops in private homes

4th

Protects against "unreasonable searches

and seizures"

5th

Assures the right not to be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," including protections against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation

6th

Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury

7th

Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions)

8th

Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

9th

Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8

10th

Restates the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people

11th

Removed cases in which a state was sued without its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal courts

12th

Required presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president

13th

Abolished slavery and authorized Congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition

14th

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States; banned states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process of law; and banned states from denying any person equal protection under the laws

15th

xtended voting rights to African American males by outlawing denial of the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

16th

Empowered Congress to levy an income tax

17th

Provided for the election of U.S. senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legislatures

18th

Authorized Congress to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor

19th

Extended the right to vote to women

20th

Shortened the time between a presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as Inauguration Day; set January 3 as the date for the opening of a new Congress

21st

Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and empowered Congress to regulate the liquor industry

22nd

Limited presidents to two full terms in office

23rd

Granted voters in the District of Columbia the right to vote for president and vice president

24th

Forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election

25th

Provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of vice president

26th

Extended the right to vote to 18-year-olds

27th

Banned Congress from increasing its members' salaries until after the next election