AP US GOV: 27 Amendments
1st Amendment - Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition.
2nd Amendment - Right to Bear Arms
3rd Amendment - Quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment - Search and Seizures
5th Amendment - Indictment by A Grand Jury, double jeopardy, due process
6th Amendment - Right to a speedy and public trial, witness, counsel
7th Amendment - Jury trial in a civil lawsuits
8th Amendment - NO excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments
9th Amendment - Non-enumerated rights belong to the People
10th Amendment - Rights reserved to the states
11th Amendment - States cannot sue another state
12th Amendment - The established President and VP are on vote
13th Amendment - Abolishment of slavery
14th Amendment - Born citizenship = natural rights, and equal protection clause
15th Amendment - Prevents discrimination in voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
16th Amendment - Income tax
17th Amendment - Senators are voted by the people of the state, not the state legislature
18th Amendment - Prohibition
19th Amendment - Women's right to vote
20th Amendment - Establishes inauguration day, Jan 20
21st Amendment - Repeal of the 18th Amendment
22nd Amendment - Presidential term limits, 2 terms, 4 tears a term.
23rd Amendment - D.C gets representation
24th Amendment - Makes poll tax illegal
25th Amendment - Presidential succession
26th Amendment - Voting age 18
27th Amendment - Congress can raise their salary, but it happens after they are elected
1st Amendment - Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition.
2nd Amendment - Right to Bear Arms
3rd Amendment - Quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment - Search and Seizures
5th Amendment - Indictment by A Grand Jury, double jeopardy, due process
6th Amendment - Right to a speedy and public trial, witness, counsel
7th Amendment - Jury trial in a civil lawsuits
8th Amendment - NO excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments
9th Amendment - Non-enumerated rights belong to the People
10th Amendment - Rights reserved to the states
11th Amendment - States cannot sue another state
12th Amendment - The established President and VP are on vote
13th Amendment - Abolishment of slavery
14th Amendment - Born citizenship = natural rights, and equal protection clause
15th Amendment - Prevents discrimination in voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
16th Amendment - Income tax
17th Amendment - Senators are voted by the people of the state, not the state legislature
18th Amendment - Prohibition
19th Amendment - Women's right to vote
20th Amendment - Establishes inauguration day, Jan 20
21st Amendment - Repeal of the 18th Amendment
22nd Amendment - Presidential term limits, 2 terms, 4 tears a term.
23rd Amendment - D.C gets representation
24th Amendment - Makes poll tax illegal
25th Amendment - Presidential succession
26th Amendment - Voting age 18
27th Amendment - Congress can raise their salary, but it happens after they are elected