27 Amendments

1st Amendment

Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms

3rd Amendment

Quartering of soldiers

4th Amendment

Unreasonable search and seizures

5th Amendment

right of due process of law, no double jeopardy

6th Amendment

right to a public trial, right to a lawyer

7th Amendment

right to a jury trial

8th Amendment

excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment

9th Amendment

rights not listed in the Constitution

10th Amendment

Rights to the people and the states

11th Amendment

Lawsuits against states

12th Amendment

Presidential/ vice president elections

13th Amendment

abolition of slavery

14th Amendment

former slaves granted citizenship

15th Amendment

African American suffrage

16th Amendment

income tax

17th Amendment

direct election of senators

18th Amendment

prohibition of alcoholic beverages

19th Amendment

woman’s suffrage

20th Amendment

lame duck period

21st Amendment

repeal of prohibition

22nd Amendment

limit of two terms per president

23rd Amendment

suffrage for district of columbia

24th Amendment

Abolition of poll taxes

25th Amendment

presidential succesion

26th Amendment

eighteen-year-old vote

27th Amendment

limits on congressional pay raises