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1st amendment
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
2nd amendment
right to bear arms
3rd amendment
quartering of soldiers limited
4th amendment
searches and seizures regulated
5th amendment
rights to due process of law, including protection against self-incrimination
6th amendment
rights of a person accused of a crime, speedy trial
7th amendment
right to a trial by jury
8th amendment
cruel and unusual punishment forbidden
9th amendment
citizens entitled to rights not listed in constitution
10th amendment
powers not listed reserved to the states of the people
11th amendment
rules for lawsuits against states 1795
12th amendment
new way of selecting the president and vice president 12 1804
13th amendment
slavery abolished 1865
14th amendment
rights of citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law 1868
15th amendment
voting rights for former slaves 1870
16th amendment
federal income taxes authorized 1913
17th amendment
U.S. senators to be elected by the people 1913
18th amendment
sale of alcohol banned 1919
19th amendment
women gained right to vote 1920
20th amendment
dates of the presidential and congressional terms set 1933
21th amendment
18th amendment repealed 1933
22th amendment
president limited to two terms 1951
23th amendment
people in district of columbia given right to vote for president 1961
24th amendment
no poll taxes in federal elections 1964
25th amendment
president succession and disability 1967
26th amendment
voting age lowered to 18 1971
27th amendment
congressional salaries regulated 1992
Article 1 section 1
Bicameral
Article 1 section 2
membership of house, power to try impeachments
article 1 section 3
membership of senate, power to try impeachments
article 1 section 4
laws governing elections
article 1 section 5
rules of congress
article 1 section 6
salaries of members, can't hold other position + congress
article 1 section 7
money bills, house, enact + veto ????
article 1 section 8
powers: taxes borrowing money commerce naturalization bancrupry post office patents war dc neccesary and proper
article 1 section 9
restrictions: slaves, habeus corpus, ex post facto, interstate tax, favoritism, nobility
article 1 section 10
restrict state powers
article 2 section 1
office, election of president, requirements +salary
article 2 section 2
powers: commander in chief, pardons, treaties
article 2 section 3
president, congress relations
article 2 section 4
impeachment
article 3 section 1
federal courts
article 3 section 2
jurisdiction: original + appellate
article 3 section 3
treason
article 3 section 3
treason
article 4 section 1
faith, credit (public records)
article 4 article 2
privilege + immunity, extradition
article 4 section 3
creation of new states, governing territories
article 4 section 4
protection of states
article 5
process for amending
article 6
assume confederation debts, supremacy of federal law, no religious text
article 7
ratification process
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