27 Amendment Notes
27 Amendment Notes
Directions: Record the rights and importance of each amendment in the spaces below
1st Amendment
A - Freedom of religion
B - Freedom of speech
C - Freedom of the press
D - Right to petition the government
E - Freedom of assembly
2nd Amendment
A - Right to bear arms
B - Keep state militia
3rd Amendment
A - prohibits the government from forcing citizens to house troops
4th Amendment
A - Protection from unreasonable search a seizure
B - Government may not conduct a search without a warrant
5th Amendment
A - Cannot subject citizens to criminal prosecution and punishment without a trial, Indicted by a grand jury
B - Pleading the 5th-protected from self-incrimination
C - cannot be tried for the same crime twice (Double jeopardy)
D - Eminent domain - private property can be seized by the government
E - Due Process - treated equally by the law
6th Amendment
A - right to a speedy trial/fair
B - right to a trial with a jury of one’s peers
C - right to be informed of what crimes one is being charged with
D - right to confront + obtain witnesses brought forward by the government - cross-examine
E - right to a legal representative
7th Amendment
A - provides that civil cases preserve the right to trial by jury
B - right to trial by judge
Right to a trial by jury when the amount in dispute exceeds $20
Civil trials
8th Amendment
A - prohibits excessive bail
B - prohibits excessive fines
C - prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
9th Amendment
A - Listed (enumerated) rights in the Constitution do not infringe on unlisted individual rights
10th Amendment
A Reserved state powers,
B Creates federalism in a general sense
11th
Prohibits a citizen of one state or a citizen of another country from suing another state in federal court.
Defines the jurisdiction - Supreme court can just take
12th
Requires members of the Electoral College to cast two separate ballots: one for president and one for vice-president
13th
Abolishment of slavery
14th
Former slaves were now American Citizens and should be treated equally. Removed the 3/5ths compromise
15th
Former slaves had the right to vote (men).
(Effective) - not really because of Jim Crow laws, literacy tests, poll tax
16th
Congress can collect a tax on people’s income without regard to the population
17th
People instead of the state legislature elect U.S senators. Prior state legislature elected senators
Anti-corruption amendment
Governor may fill the senate vacancy until the new election
18th
Prohibition
19th
Women get the right to vote
20th
Changes the date of the inauguration to January 20. Called lame duck amendment because it refers to an elected official's attitude after losing an election
21st
Repealed the Prohibition
22nd
No president can’t be elected more than twice
Two terms or 10 years
23rd
Grants the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections
Total number of electoral votes = 538
100 senators
24
the Poll taxes are illegal
25th
If the president can’t be in power, the Vice president takes
If the president is sick, he can temporarily give power to the Vice President
26th
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
27th
Congress can't vote itself a pay raise - any pay raise only counts for the next Congress
27 Amendment Notes
Directions: Record the rights and importance of each amendment in the spaces below
1st Amendment
A - Freedom of religion
B - Freedom of speech
C - Freedom of the press
D - Right to petition the government
E - Freedom of assembly
2nd Amendment
A - Right to bear arms
B - Keep state militia
3rd Amendment
A - prohibits the government from forcing citizens to house troops
4th Amendment
A - Protection from unreasonable search a seizure
B - Government may not conduct a search without a warrant
5th Amendment
A - Cannot subject citizens to criminal prosecution and punishment without a trial, Indicted by a grand jury
B - Pleading the 5th-protected from self-incrimination
C - cannot be tried for the same crime twice (Double jeopardy)
D - Eminent domain - private property can be seized by the government
E - Due Process - treated equally by the law
6th Amendment
A - right to a speedy trial/fair
B - right to a trial with a jury of one’s peers
C - right to be informed of what crimes one is being charged with
D - right to confront + obtain witnesses brought forward by the government - cross-examine
E - right to a legal representative
7th Amendment
A - provides that civil cases preserve the right to trial by jury
B - right to trial by judge
Right to a trial by jury when the amount in dispute exceeds $20
Civil trials
8th Amendment
A - prohibits excessive bail
B - prohibits excessive fines
C - prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
9th Amendment
A - Listed (enumerated) rights in the Constitution do not infringe on unlisted individual rights
10th Amendment
A Reserved state powers,
B Creates federalism in a general sense
11th
Prohibits a citizen of one state or a citizen of another country from suing another state in federal court.
Defines the jurisdiction - Supreme court can just take
12th
Requires members of the Electoral College to cast two separate ballots: one for president and one for vice-president
13th
Abolishment of slavery
14th
Former slaves were now American Citizens and should be treated equally. Removed the 3/5ths compromise
15th
Former slaves had the right to vote (men).
(Effective) - not really because of Jim Crow laws, literacy tests, poll tax
16th
Congress can collect a tax on people’s income without regard to the population
17th
People instead of the state legislature elect U.S senators. Prior state legislature elected senators
Anti-corruption amendment
Governor may fill the senate vacancy until the new election
18th
Prohibition
19th
Women get the right to vote
20th
Changes the date of the inauguration to January 20. Called lame duck amendment because it refers to an elected official's attitude after losing an election
21st
Repealed the Prohibition
22nd
No president can’t be elected more than twice
Two terms or 10 years
23rd
Grants the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections
Total number of electoral votes = 538
100 senators
24
the Poll taxes are illegal
25th
If the president can’t be in power, the Vice president takes
If the president is sick, he can temporarily give power to the Vice President
26th
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
27th
Congress can't vote itself a pay raise - any pay raise only counts for the next Congress
