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27th Amendments
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Guarantees freedom of speech, reilgion, and press, and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government for redress of grievances (to ask it to fix something that it’s responsible for). | 1st Amendment |
| The belief was strong that a week regulated militia(such as the National Guard, in modern times) was necessary for maintaining our national security, so political leaders in Congress guaranteed that the right to bear arms would not be infringed(violated). | 2nd Amendment |
| No solider in time of peace shall be quartered in a private citizen’s home without the homeowner’s consent | 3rd Amendment |
| People and their personal property cannot be searched without a warrant, issued by a judge. | 4th Amendment |
| No person may be held to answer for a crime unless he or she has first has been officially and legally charged (through an indictment by a grand jury or a presentment from a prosecutor). No person can be tried for a crime, found not guilty, then tried aga | 5th amendment |
| A person accused of a rim has the right to a fair and speedy trail by an impartial jury for his/her peers, to be informed of the accusations against him/her, to be confronted with the witnesses against him/her, to be able to subpoena (summon) witness to g | 6th amendment |
| In any legal case involving a civil suit (lawsuit between two persons or groups), the defendant has the right to a trail by jury if the amount in question is over 20 dollars. | 7th amendment |
| No excessive bail or fines, or. Rule and unusual punishment shall be used against a convicted criminal | 8th amendment |
| No one shall be denied their basic constitutional rights | 9th amendment |
| Powers that are not specifically granted to the national government are to be retained by the states and people | 10th amendment |
| Presidential electors will vote for President and Vice President on separate ballots | 12th amendment |
| A citizen from one state cannot sue a citizen in another state in federal court | 11th amendment |
| Involuntary servitude-slavery-was abolished, unless it was the result of a sentence passed by a court of law upon conviction of a crime | 13th amendment |
| This is basic guarantee of civil righst for all Americas. It defined “citizenship” as anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. (this automatically granted citizenship rights to former slaves). States wer prohibited from enforcing any law that took away the | 14th amendment |
| African American males were guaranteed the right to vote, and “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” could not be used as a reason to refuse anyone the right to vote. | 15th Amendment |
| Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes. | 16th amendment |
| election of senators was granted to the people of each of the states | 17th amendment |
| the manufacture, transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited | 18th amendment |
| The right to vote cannot be denied because of a person’s se | 19th amendment |
| Shortened the period of time between elections (first week of November in even numbered years) and the day that officals were sworn into office. Called the “Lame Duck Amendment” because it gave “lame duck” officials (those who were not going to be sworn i | 20th amendment |
| Repealed a previously-ratified amendment; the Prohibition Era in America was over | 21st amendment |
| President of the U.S. now limited to a serving no more than two terms in office, and no more than a total of ten years (in the case where a Vice President moves into the presidency as the result of a vacancy in that office, and is re-elected to his/her ow | 22nd amendment |
| People who live in Washington, D.C. are allowed t vote for President and granted three electoral votes, the minimum number of Electoral College ballots. (Before this amendment, residents of the District of Columbia were prohibited from voting for Presiden | 23rd amendment |
| People can not be denied the right to vote in federal elections-either primaries or general elections- because they have not paid a tax on voting. (Before this amendment, poor people, and most particularly ethnic and racial minorities, were effectively ke | 24th amendment |
| Established procedures to follow in the case of presidental death and/or disability. States for the first time int eh Constituion that the Vice President, when taking over the office of President after a vacany occurs, has all of the powers and responsibi | 25th amendment |
| established the minimum age requirement for voting in federal elections at eighteen years | 26th amendment |
| Congress may pass a law increasing their salaries, but cannot collect it until after there has been a federal election | 27th amendment |
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