American Amendments

First Amendment

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.

Second Amendment

Right to Bear Arms.

Third Amendment

Quartering of Soldiers.

Fourth Amendment

Search and Seizure.

Fifth Amendment

Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process, Takings.

Sixth Amendment

Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel.

Seventh Amendment

Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits.

Eighth Amendment

Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

Ninth Amendment

Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People.

Tenth Amendment

Rights Reserved to States or People.

Eleventh Amendment

Suits Against States.

Twelfth Amendment

Election of President and Vice President.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolition of Slavery.

Fourteenth Amendment

Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.

Fifteenth Amendment

Right to Vote Not Denied by Race.

Sixteenth Amendment

Income Tax.

Seventeenth Amendment

Popular Election of Senators.

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibition of Liquor.

Nineteenth Amendment

Women’s Right to Vote.

Twentieth Amendment

Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress.

Twenty-First Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition.

Twenty-Second Amendment

Two-Term Limit on Presidency.

Twenty-Third Amendment

Presidential Vote for D.C.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Abolition of Poll Taxes.

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Presidential Disability and Succession.

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Right to Vote at Age 18.

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Congressional Compensation.