Midterm Amendments

1:

Freedom of Religion, Speech

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

2nd:

A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed

9th:

Other Rights Kept by People

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

(people keep rights that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution)

10th:

Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

(any power not specifically given to the national government by the Constitution belongs to the individual states or the people).

13th:

Abolish Slavery

14th:

Citizenship, due process

grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guarantees them equal protection and due process of the law

15th:

Black suffrage

prohibits the federal government and states from denying any citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude

17th:

Direct Election of Senators

established the direct election of United States senators in each state

19th:

Women's Suffrage

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex

23rd:

District of Columbia vote for President

gives residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in U.S. presidential and vice-presidential elections

24th

ends poll tax

bans the use of poll taxes or any other taxes to block citizens from voting in federal elections.

25th

Presidential Succession

sets the rules for who takes over if the U.S. President dies, resigns, gets removed, or cannot do their job

26th

18 year old can vote

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.