The Amendments

Bill of Rights: 1st Amendment (1791)

Freedoms of:

• speech

• assembly

• petition

• press

• religion

Bill of Rights: Ninth Amendment (1791)

Unenumerated Rights to the People

Bill of Rights: 10th Amendment (1791)

Unenumerated Rights to the States

Bill of Rights: Second Amendment (1791)

Right to bear arms

Bill of Rights: Third Amendment (1791)

Freedom FROM:

quartering troops

Bill of Rights: Fourth Amendment (1791)

Freedoms FROM:

unreasonable search and seizure

Bill of Rights: Fifth Amendment (1791)

Freedoms of:

• Eminent Domain

• Double Jeopardy 

• Self-Incrimination

• Right to a Grand Jury

• Due Process

Bill of Rights: Sixth Amendment (1791)

The Right To:

• a speedy and public trial in all criminal cases

• trial by jury in all criminal cases

• counsel

Bill of Rights: Seventh Amendment (1791)

Right to:

trial by jury in all civil cases

Bill of Rights: Eighth Amendment (1791)

Freedom FROM:

cruel and unusual punishment

Reconstruction Era: 13th Amendment (1865)

abolishes slavery

Reconstruction Era: 14th Amendment (