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Amendments
Exam Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st Amendment | Freedoms of Religion (Free Exercise Clause/Freedom of Religion and Establishment Clause/Separation of Church and State/freedom from religion), speech, press, assembly and petition |
| 2nd Amendment | protects the right to bear arms |
| 4th Amendment | protects against unreasonable searches and seizures-Exclusionary Rule (illegally seized evidence cannot be used in court. This is how the 4th amendment is enforced. |
| 5th Amendment | Key is the protection against self incrimination. Miranda Rights (Rights read to suspects when being questioned-moved protection against self-incrimination to the questioning period) |
| 6th Amendment | Key is the right to a lawyer |
| 8th Amendment | Protects against unreasonable fines/bail-and against cruel and unusual punishment. |
| 9th Amendment | Reserved rights: not listed directly in the Constitution. (Ex. Privacy) |
| 10th Amendment | Reserved Powers for states. Those powers not delegated to the national government nor denied to the states are reserved to the states. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause |
| Selective Incorporation | the gradual application of the Bill of Rights to the states |
| 15th Amendment | Gave Black Males the right to vote |
| 17th Amendment | Direction election of Senators by voters |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |
| 22nd Amendment | 2 term limit for the President |
| 25th Amendment | Presidential Succession |
| 25th Amendment Part 1 | If the office of VP becomes vacant then a President can replace-needs a majority vote in both houses of Congress |
| 25th Amendment Part 2 | If the president is temporarily incapacitated-powers can be signed over to the VP and then regained by the President |
| 25th Amendment Part 3 | The majority of the cabinet and the VP can report to Congress that the president is not capable of carrying out their duties. It then takes a 2/3s vote in both houses of Congress to remove the president |
| 26th Amendment | 18 year olds the right to vote |
| 23rd Amendment | 3 electoral votes for DC |
| 24th Amendment | Abolished Poll Taxes |
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