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US Constitution
Articles and Amendments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Gives legislative rules. Sets congress up. |
| Article 2 | Gives executive rules. |
| Article 3 | Gives judicial rules. |
| Article 4 | States' powers and limits, including extraversion. |
| Article 5 | Amendmants can be made by congress through 3/4 ratification or through a national convention. |
| Article 6 | Federal Powers |
| Article 7 | Ratification Conditions |
| Amendment 1 | Freedom of religion, speech, the press, to petition, and to assemble |
| Amendment 2 | The right to bear arms |
| Amendment 3 | No quartering soldiers |
| Amendment 4 | No unreasonable searches, seizures |
| Amendment 5 | indictments; due process; self-incrimination; double jeopardy; eminent domain |
| Amendment 6 | Right to counsel and fair trial |
| Amendment 7 | Right to trial by jury, civil cases |
| Amendment 8 | No excessive bail, fines, or cruel punishment |
| Amendment 9 | Unenumerated rights of the people |
| Amendment 10 | Rights reserved to states |
| Amendment 11 | Immunity of states from out-of-states citizens |
| Amendment 12 | Revision of presidential election procedures |
| Amendment 13 | Abolition of slavery |
| Amendment 14 | Citizenship offered to all; denies public office to rebels against the US |
| Amendment 15 | Suffrage for all males |
| Amendment 16 | Allows federal income tax |
| Amendment 17 | Direct election to US senate |
| Amendment 18 | Prohibition. |
| Amendment 19 | Women's suffrage |
| Amendment 20 | Term commencement for president moved to Jan. 20A.K.A. "lame duck" amendment |
| Amendment 21 | Repeals prohibition. |
| Amendment 22 | Limits president to two terms. |
| Amendment 23 | Washington D.C. now gets electoral college votes |
| Amendment 24 | Prohibition of restriction of voting rights if you can't pay poll taxes |
| Amendment 25 | Presidential Succession |
| Amendment 26 | Voting age established as 18 |
| Amendment 27 | Congress doesn't get pay raises until the term after they pass a bill saying they do. |