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Amendment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st Amendment | Freedom of speech,press,Religeion,assembly |
| 2nd Amendment | Right to bear arms |
| 3rd Amendment | Citizens do not have to house soldier |
| 4th Amendment | No unreasonable search or arrest |
| 5th Amendment | No double jeopardy or no witness against your self |
| 6th Amendment | Rights of accused in criminal cases |
| 7th Amendment | Trial by jury |
| 8th Amendment | No excessive bail of crule punishment |
| 9th Amendment | people get rights not listed in the constitution |
| 10th Amendment | Rights not to federal goverment go to states |
| 11th Amendment | Individual cannot sue a state in federal court |
| 12th Amendment | separate ballots for president and vicepresident |
| 13th Amendment | Abolish slavery |
| 14th Amendment | citizenship to those born or hospitalized in the US including slaves |
| 15th Amendment | right to vote regardless of raace, color or previous condition of servitude |
| 16th Amendment | Income tax |
| 17th Amendment | direct election of US senators |
| 18th Amendment | pohibition of alcohol |
| 19th Amendment | the right for women to vote |
| 20th Amendment | sets date for the president and Congress term to begin sworn in |
| 21st Amendment | repeals the 18th Amendment (prohibition) |
| 22nd Amendment | limits president to two terms |
| 23rd Amendment | gives D.C electors in the electoral collage |
| 24th Amendment | eliminates poll taxes |
| 25 amendment | how president turns duties over to vp if I'll |
| 26 | 18 yr olds get to vote |
| 27 | Congress cannot accept a pay raise untile next term |