| Question |
Answer |
| Freedom of Speech |
1st Amendment |
| Right to maintain militia and citizens to bear arms |
2nd Amendment |
| Restricts quartering of troops |
3rd Amendment |
| Protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures" |
4th Amendment |
| Protects against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation |
5th Amendment |
| Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury |
6th Amendment |
| Right to jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions) |
7th Amendment |
| Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment |
8th Amendment |
| Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8 |
9th Amendment |
| Powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people |
10th Amendment |
| A state cannot be sued in federal court by citizens of another state or of another country |
11th Amendment |
| Requires Electoral College to use separate ballots in voting for president and vice president |
12th Amendment |
| Outlaws slavery |
13th Amendment |
| A state cannot deprive anyone life, liberty, or property without due process of law. |
14th Amendment |
| Prohibits the government from denying a person's right to vote on the basis of race. |
15th Amendment |
| Congress has the power to levy income taxes |
16th Amendment |
| States that people, instead of state legislatures, elect United States legislatures |
17th Amendment |
| Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages |
18th Amendment |
| Women right to vote |
19th Amendment |
| Shortened time between a presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as Inauguration Day; set January 3 as the date for the opening of a new Congress |
20th Amendment |
| Repealed the 18th Amendment |
21st Amendment |
| Limits presidents to a maximum of 2 elected terms |
22nd Amendment |
| Grants citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote for president and vice president |
23rd Amendment |
| Outlaws poll taxes |
24th Amendment |
| Provides for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of vice president |
25th Amendment |
| 18-year olds have the right to vote |
26th Amendment |
| Banned Congress from increasing its member' salaries until after the next election |
27th Amendment |
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