27 Amendments and 7 Articles US GOV

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Amendment 1

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

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Amendment 2

Right to bear arms

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Amendment 3

No quartering of troops

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Amendment 4

Search and seizure

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Amendment 5

Protection of the accused, must be offered bail, eminent domain, no double jeopardy

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Amendment 6

Fair and speedy trial, jury of peers, right to an attorney and to cross examine witnesses.

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Amendment 7

Civil cases

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Amendment 8

No cruel or unusual punishment or excessive bail.

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Amendment 9

Unenumerated rights

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Amendment 10

Reserved powers for the States

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Amendment 11

Suits against States

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Amendment 12

Election of President and VP are on separate ballots

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Amendment 13

Abolishment of slavery

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Amendment 14

Due-process granted to all citizens, all ex-slaves now citizens

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Amendment 15

Suffrage for all citizens regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity

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Amendment 16

Income tax is estabilshed

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Amendment 17

Direct election of Senators

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Amendment 18

Prohibition. The manufacture, sale, transportation, import or export of alcohol is made illegal.

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Amendment 19

Women’s Suffrage

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Amendment 20

Sets the terms of office that the President, the Vice-President, the Senators, and the Representatives shall hold. (Lame-Duck)

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Amendment 21

Repeals Prohibition

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Amendment 22

Limits the President to two terms

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Amendment 23

Creates representation in the electoral college for the District of Columbia

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Amendment 24

Poll tax is made unconstitutional

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Amendment 25

Defines the succession of the Presidential line in case of disability or death.

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Amendment 26

Anyone 18 or older can vote

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Amendment 27

Congressional pay raises are not put into effect until after the next term begins

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Article 1

Legislative Branch

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Article 2

Executive BranchA

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Article 3

Judicial Branch

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Article 4

Relations among states, Full faith and credit clause

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Article 5

Amending the Constitution (2/3 and 3/4)

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Article 6

Supremacy of federal government - Supremacy clause

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Article 7

Ratification, 9 of 13 states must approve

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Seats in Senate/How old

100/30

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Seats in the US House

435/25

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President minimum age

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Habeas corpus

You shall have the body

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Bill of attainders

Punishing a person or group of people without a trial

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Where is the Full Faith and Credit Clause

Article 4

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Where is the Supremacy Clause

Article 6

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Where is the Commerce Clause

Article 1, Section 8