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Amendments
Law Class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Amendment (1791) | Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition |
| Second Amendment (1791) | Right to bear arms |
| Third Amendment (1791) | No quartering of soldiers |
| Fourth Amendment (1791) | Protects against unreasonable search and seizure |
| Fifth Amendment (1791) | Rights of people accused of crimes (Due process, no double jeopardy or self incrimination) |
| Sixth Amendment (1791) | Right to a speedy and public trial |
| Seventh Amendment (1791) | Right to trial by jury |
| Eighth Amendment (1791) | No cruel and unusual punishment, no excessive bail |
| Ninth Amendment (1791) | People's rights are not limited to those listed in the Constitution |
| Tenth Amendment (1791) | Powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states |
| Eleventh Amendment (1795) | Suits against states |
| Twelfth Amendment (1804) | Creates a ticket for the presidency where the president and VP are elected together. |
| Thirteenth Amendment (1865) | Abolished slavery |
| Fourteenth Amendment (1868) | A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians. |
| Fifteenth Amendment (1870) | Suffrage for African Americans. |
| Sixteenth Amendment (1913) | Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax. |
| Seventeenth Amendment (1913) | Direct election of senators |
| Eighteenth Amendment (1919) | Prohibition of alcohol |
| Nineteenth Amendment (1920) | Women's Suffrage |
| Twentieth Amendment (1933) | Shortens the lame duck period by moving the presidential inauguration from March to January. |
| Twenty-first Amendment (1933) | Repeal of Prohibition |
| Twenty-second Amendment (1951) | Limits the president to two terms in office |
| Twenty-Third Amendment (1961) | Gives the right of voting to citizens in Washington D.C. and that they get votes in the electoral college |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964) | Prohibits poll tax in federal elections |
| Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967) | Established procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president. |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971) | Lowers the voting age to 18 |
| Twenty-Seventh Amendment (1992) | Congress can't give itself a pay raise. |
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