AP GOV 27 amendments

First Amendment

Protects the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

Second Amendment

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment

Provides for the right to due process, protection against self-incrimination.

Sixth Amendment

Guarantees the right to a lawyer and a fair and trial by a jury.

Seventh Amendment

Ensures the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

Ninth Amendment

Affirms that there are additional rights that are not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

Tenth Amendment

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

Eleventh Amendment

Twelfth Amendment

Revises presidential election procedures by establishing the Electoral College.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.

Fourteenth Amendment

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

Fifteenth Amendment

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

Sixteenth Amendment

Authorizes Congress to levy income taxes.

Seventeenth Amendment

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

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors (later repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment).

Nineteenth Amendment

Grants women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment

Shortens the time between presidential election and inauguration, called the 'Lame Duck' Amendment.

Twenty-first Amendment

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, legalizing the sale of alcohol.

Twenty-second Amendment

Limits the president to two terms in office.

Twenty-third Amendment

Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.

Twenty-fourth Amendment

Prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Establishes procedures for presidential succession and filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president.

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Lowers the voting age to 18 years.

Twenty-seventh Amendment

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