Amendments

Flashcards for reviewing the Bill of Rights and later amendments to the US Constitution.

Twenty seventh amendment (1992)

Delays congressional pay raises until after the next election.

First Amendment

Protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Second Amendment

Right to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment

Guarantees due process, protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy; and sets eminent domain rules.

Sixth Amendment

Right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and legal counsel.

Seventh Amendment

Right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

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

Ninth Amendment

States that rights not listed in the Constitution are still retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment

Powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

Eleventh Amendment 1795

Limits lawsuits against states in federal courts (ratified 1795).

Twelfth Amendment 1804

Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President with separate ballots (ratified 1804).

Thirteenth Amendment 1865

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime (ratified 1865).

Fourteenth Amendment 1868

Grants citizenship to all born or naturalized in the U.S., guarantees equal protection and due process (ratified 1868).

Fifteenth Amendment 1870

Prohibits voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (ratified 1870).

Sixteenth Amendment 1913

Allows the federal government to collect income tax (ratified 1913).

Seventeenth Amendment 1913

Establishes direct election of U.S. Senators by the people (ratified 1913).

Eighteenth Amendment 1913

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (Prohibition) (ratified 1919).

Nineteenth Amendment 1920

Grants women the right to vote (ratified 1920).

Twentieth Amendment 1933

Changes the start dates of presidential and congressional terms ('Lame Duck Amendment') (ratified 1933).

Twenty-First Amendment 1933

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment (ends Prohibition) (ratified 1933).

Twenty-Second Amendment 1951

Limits the President to two terms in office (ratified 1951).

Twenty-Third Amendment 1961

Gives Washington, D.C. electoral votes in presidential elections (ratified 1961).

Twenty-Fourth Amendment 1964

Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections (ratified 1964).

Twenty-Fifth Amendment 1967

Provides procedures for presidential succession and dealing with presidential disability (ratified 1967).

Twenty-Sixth Amendment 1971

Lowers the voting age to 18 (ratified 1971).