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The 27 amendments
learn all 27 amendments of the U.S. constitution
Question | Answer |
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1st amendment | The five freedoms |
2nd amendment | The right to bear arms |
3rd amendment | No quartering of troops |
4th amendment | No unreasonable searches |
5th amendment | Rights of the accused |
6th amendment | Rights of the accused in criminal trials |
7th amendment | Rights of citizens in civil trials |
8th amendment | No cruel, unusual, or unjust punishments |
9th amendment | Addresses rights retained by the people that are not specifically stated in the Constitution |
10th amendment | Powers not given to the United States, or the states are given to the people |
11th amendment | Individual people cannot sue states |
12th amendment | Separate ballots for President and Vice-President |
13th amendment | Abolished slavery |
14th amendment | Equal protection of the laws(citizenship) |
15th amendment | Black voting rights |
16th amendment | Income tax |
17th amendment | Direct election of senators |
18th amendment | Prohibition of alcoholic beverages(buying, selling, trading, shipping, and production of alcohol was illegal) |
19th amendment | Women's suffrage(guarantees women the right to vote) |
20th amendment | Lame duck amendment(moved the beginning and ending of presidential terms to different dates) |
21st amendment | repeal of prohibition on alcohol |
22nd amendment | limits Presidents and Vice-Presidents to 2 terms |
23rd amendment | Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia |
24th amendment | No poll tax |
25th amendment | Deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities |
26th amendment | Must be 18 years of age or older to vote |
27th amendment | Prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress |