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Amendments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st amendment | Right to free speech, religion, press, protest, and petition |
| 2nd amendment | Right to bear arms |
| 3rd amendment | No quartering of troops |
| 4th amendment | Right of proper search and seizure (proabably cause and warrant needed) |
| 5th amendment | Rights of the accused: Indictment by grand jury No double jeopardy No self incrimination Due process Eminent domain |
| 6th amendment | Right to a fair and speedy trial: Speedy & fair trial by jury Be informed of the charge [Mirandized] Right to confront witness Right to a subpoena Right to counsel [lawyer] |
| 7th amendment | Civil jury requirements: common law matters, controversy shall exceed $20, right to trial by jury here too. |
| 8th amendment | Bans cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9th amendment | Right to privacy |
| 10th amendment | States rights in certain issues (highway behavior, education, divorce and marriage, etc.) |
| 11th amendment | State lawsuits |
| 12th amendment | Election of vice president and president (electoral college) |
| 13th amendment | Ended slavery |
| 14th amendment | Citizenship, civil rights, due process, and equal protection (written for African Americans); includes Citizenship Privileges & immunities clause Equal protection clause |
| 15th amendment | Race voting; made African American males able to vote |
| 16th amendment | Income tax |
| 17th amendment | USA SENATORS ELECTIONS â âat largeâ voting no district lines, making voting fair and each vote counting. THIS INCREASES THE PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY. |
| 18th amendment | Prohibition |
| 19th amendment | Gender voting; made women able to vote |
| 20th amendment | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS - this is the âLame Duckâ [outgoing legal president who lost the next election], and set January 20th as the oath to office day, and names a line up. |
| 21st amendment | Prohibition repealed |
| 22nd amendment | Presidential term limits (2 terms or 10 years) |
| 23rd amendment | Washington DC secured the right to vote |
| 24th amendment | POLL TAX ILLEGAL â can not âmessâ with people at the polls, charge $, or give exams. |
| 25th amendment | PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY â hurt, sick, etc. VP will act as President |
| 26th amendment | Made voting at 18 legal (due to Vietnam crisis) |
| 27th amendment | CONGRESSIONAL PAY [RAISE] â has to be intervening election years |
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