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History Amendments
Description of Amendments
Question | Answer |
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five freedoms | 1st amendment-1791 |
right to bear arms | 2nd amendment-1791 |
quartering troops limited | 3rd amendment-1791 |
search and seizures regulated | 4th amendment-1791 |
right to due process of law, including protection against self-incrimination | 5th amendment-1791 |
right to a lawyer | 6th amendment-1791 |
right to trial by jury | 7th amendment-1791 |
bail and fines regulated | 8th amendment-1791 |
right to implied powers | 9th amendment-1791 |
implied powers reserved to state or people | 10th amendment-1791 |
rules for lawsuit against state | 11th amendment-1795 |
new way of election | 12th amendment- 1804 |
slavery abolished | 13th amendment-1865 |
rights of citizenship | 14th amendment-1868 |
voting rights for former slaves | 15th amendment-1870 |
federal income taxes authorized | 16th amendment-1913 |
U.S. Senators elected by people | 17th amendment-1913 |
sale of alcohol banned | 18th amendment-1919 |
women gained right to vote | 19th amendment-1920 |
date of presedential and congressional terms set | 20th amendment-1933 |
18th amendment repealed | 21st amendment-1933 |
president limited to two terms | 22nd amendment-1951 |
D.C. gained right to vote | 23rd amendment-1961 |
no poll taxes | 24th amendment-1964 |
presidential succesion and disability | 25th amendment-1967 |
voting age lowered to 18 | 26th amendment-1971 |
congressional salaries regulated | 27th amendment-1992 |