AP GOVERNMENT & POLITICS AMENDMENTS 1-27

Amendment One

Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, Petition

Amendment Two

Right to Bear Arms

Amendment Three

Right to not have to quarter Soldiers and seizures

Amendment Four

Right to be free from un-reasonable searches and seizures

Amendment Five

Right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law

Amendment Six

Right to be in-formed of charges be present when wit-nesses speak in court, to call defense witnesses, to have a lawyer.

Amendment Seven

Right to a jury trial in civil cases

Amendment Eight

Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

Amendment Nine

Guarantee of rights not listed in Constitution

Amendment Ten

Rights of states and people

Amendment Eleven

Prevents suits against states

Amendment Twelve

Election of the President(Election Procedures)

Amendment Thirteen

Abolition of slavery Outlawed

Amendment Fourteen

Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law

Amendment Fifteen

Black Suffrage

Amendment Sixteen

Individual Income Tax

Amendment Seventeen

Election of National Senators

Amendment Eighteen

Prohibition of alcoholic beverages

Amendment Nineteen

Women's Suffrage

Amendment Twenty

Lame-Duck Period shortened for federal Officials

Amendment Twenty One

Repeal to Prohibition (they can drink again)

Amendment Twenty Two

Limitation of Presidential term of office

Amendment Twenty Three

Voters in Washington D.C. given the right to vote for presidential electors

Amendment Twenty Four

Abolition of poll taxes

Amendment Twenty Five

Succession of offices of the President

Amendment Twenty Six

18 year olds given the right to vote

Amendment Twenty Seven

Limits the power of Congress to increase its own salaries