Amendments

First amendment

Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition

Second Amendment

Right to bear arms and create a militia

Third Amendment

Quartering of Soldiers

Fourth Amendment

Search and Seizures

Fifth Amendment

Rights of the Accused

(remain silent when being arrested)

Sixth Amendment

Fair and speedy trial

Seventh Amendment

Jury trial in civil cases

eigth amendment

No cruel or unusual punishments

Ninth amendment

Unenumerated, peoples rights- people have other rights not listed in the constitution

Tenth amendment

Reserved (state) rights

Eleventh amendment

state immunity- states cannot sue each other/prohibits a state from being sued in federal court by a citizen of another state or nation

12th amendment

electoral college- have a separate ballot of the president and vice president

17th amendment

direct election of senate- changed that the people directly elect their senator and are not chose by the state legislature

20th amendment

set the presidential inauguration to January 20th and the start of congress to be january 3

22nd amendment

presidential term limits- limits the president to a maximum of 8 years in office

25th

presidential succession

27th amendment

congressional pay raise- congress can give itself a pay raise, but only once it gets re elected

16th amendment

federal income tax- gave congress the power to levy individual income taxes to help pay for the war

18th amendment

prohibition

21st amendment

prohibition overturned

13th

abolished slavery

14th

citizenship- prohibited a state prom depriving a person of life, liberty, and property without due process of law, equal protection and treatment under the law

15th

voting for african americans

19th

gave women the right to vote

23rd

gave three electoral college votes to DC