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Bill of Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, petition, and press |
| Amendment 2 | Free to bair arms |
| Amendment 3 | No quartering of soldiers, basically soldiers cant invade you home or private property |
| Amendment 4 | No unreasonable search or arrest |
| Amendment 5 | No person tried without grandy jury indictment, not to be punished twice for the same offense, no witness against yourself, and due process of law |
| 5th Double Jeopardy | prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime. |
| 5th Self Incrimination | prohibits that act of being forced to testify as guilty |
| Amendment 6 | Rights of the accused in criminal cases |
| 6th Speedy trial | Protects defendants from delays between the indictment and the start of their trial |
| 6th Public Trial | Guarantees the right to a public trial in criminal prosecutions |
| 6th Lawyer | Right to lawyer |
| Amendment 7 | Trial by a jury, right to a trial with jury |
| Amendment 8 | No excessive bail or cruel punishments |
| Amendment 9 | People retain rights not listed in the U.S. Constitution |
| Amendment 10 | Power not given to the federal gov is given to the people or states (Reserved rights) |
| 11th amend | Individual cannot sue a state in federal courts |
| 12th amend | electoral college must cast a separate ballots for president and vice president |
| 13th | abolished slavery |
| 14th | Gives citizenship to US citizens |
| 15th | Gave Black Americans the right to vote |
| what are the 13th through 15th amendments called? | The Civil War Amendment |
| 16th | Collect tax |
| 17th | Popular election for US senators; people could now directly vote for them |
| 18th | prohibition of alcohol; backfired as it makes matters worse and the 21st amend was passed to cancel this one out |
| 19th | Have women the right to vote |
| 20th | Changed time that President and Congress took office ; Lane Duck amendment, shortened the time between election day and inauguration day |
| 21st | Repealed prohibition |
| 22nd | Limits the presidents terms to 2 |
| 23rd | Gives vote to residents of Washington D.C. in presidential elections |
| 24th | abolishes and forbids the federal and state govs from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections |
| 25th | It established the process by which an ailing President can pass his duties to the Vice-President and for the filing on the VP Office when vacant subject to Congressional approval if Pres is in coma or etc |
| 26th | Gives 18 year olds the right to vote |
| 27th | Congressional pay; no congressional pay raise can take affect until the election |
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