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STAAR US Hist Amend
STAAR US History Review Amendments
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment | Abolishes slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Rights of citizenship and guaranteed "due process" regardless of previous condition of servitude |
| 15th Amendment | Grants African American males suffrage |
| 16th Amendment | Created federal income tax - people may work beginning at age 16, and will pay taxes |
| 17th Amendment | Direct election of US Senators- Senators elected by the people, no longer by state legislators |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition - the drinking age had previously been 18 |
| 19th Amendment | Women's suffrage |
| 21st Amendment | Ends prohibition, legal drinking age is now 21 |
| 24th Amendment | Outlawed a poll tax - no longer may pay in order to vote, poll taxes and literacy tests were used to discriminate against minority voters |
| 26th Amendment | All US citizens 18 and older may vote as a result of draft and Vietnam war |
| 1st Amendment | Personal freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly |
| 2nd Amendment | Right to bear arms, gun ownership and regulates militia |
| 3rd Amendment | No quartering of soldiers |
| 4th Amendment | Right against unreasonable search and seizure |
| 5th Amendment | Right to a grand jury, against double jeopardy, against self-incrimination |
| 6th Amendment | Criminal trial rights, such as right to a jury |
| 7th Amendment | Civil trial rights |
| 8th Amendment | Right against cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9th Amendment | Other rights for individuals |
| 10th Amendment | Other rights for states |