amendments

1st amendment

we have freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly

2nd amendment

right to bear arms (right of gun ownership)

3rd amendment

not required to house soldiers

4th amendment

need a search warrant to look for evidence of a crime

5th amendment

right to own property

6th amendment

right to a jury and a lawyer

7th amendment

right to a jury if you are being sued for money

8th amendment

ban on a cruel and unusual punishments

9th amendment

any rights not listed are still protected

10th amendment

any powers not specified in the constitution are automatically reserved powers (states only)

11th amendment

U.S. citizens cannot use the federal government to sue state governments

12th amendment

changed the way we elect presidents

13th amendment

abolish slavery

14th amendment

defines citizenship and equal protection

15th amendment

prohibited the denying of the right to vote to any citizen based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude

16th amendment

set up income taxes

17th amendment

changed the way senators are elected

18th amendment

prohibition of alcohol, banning all of the manufacturing, the drinking, the selling of alcohol in the entire country

19th amendment

guarantee the right to vote for women

20th amendment

changed when the president is sworn into office

21st amendment

repealed the 18th amendment

22nd amendment

the president only gets to serve two terms

23rd amendment

gives the people living in Washington, D.C., electoral votes so that they can officially have representation in terms of voting for the president

24th amendment

banned poll taxes

25th amendment

came up with the contingency plans for whenever something happens to the president, the president dies, or resigns or is no longer fit to lead the country and the vice president is the one who’s going to take over for the president

26th amendment

lowers the voting age to 18

27th amendment

forbids members of Congress from giving themselves a pay raise during their own term