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Amendments
Amendment Review
Question | Answer |
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Amendment 26 | voting age lowered from 21 to 18 |
Amendment 4 | no unreasonable searches and seizures |
Amendment 18 | prohibition of alcohol |
Amendment 14 | gave citizenship to African Americans |
Amendment 13 | abolished slavery |
Amendment 5 | the government cannot deprive you of life, liberty or property without due process of law; it prevents people from being tried for the same crime twice. |
Amendment 16 | gave the federal government the power to collect income tax |
Amendment 15 | gave the right to vote to African Americans |
Amendment 9 | powers reserved to the people |
Amendment 21 | repealed the 18th Amendment |
Voting Rights Act | got rid of barriers to voting, such as taxes and literacy tests |
Amendment 19 | gave women the right to vote |
Amendment 22 | limited the president to maximum of two terms |
Amendment 3 | you don't have to house soldiers in your home during peacetime |
Amendment 7 | right to a jury in a civil case |
Amendment 10 | powers reserved to the states |
Amendment 2 | citizens can keep and bear arms |
Amendment 1 | you have the freedoms of religion, speech, press; and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government |
Amendment 6 | right to a jury in a criminal case |