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amendment/articles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gives you the freedom of speech, petition, speech, press, and assembly | First Amendment |
| Americans having the right to bear arms | Second Amendment |
| Forbids the housing of any military service member in private homes without the consent of the owner | Third Amendment |
| Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures | Fourth Amendment |
| Protects against self-incrimination and prevents double jeopardy | Fifth Amendment |
| Grants citizens the right to a speedy and public trial by jury | Sixth Amendment |
| Civil cases or lawsuits have a right to a jury trial in federal court | Seventh Amendment |
| Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments as well as excessive fines and bail | Eighth Amendment |
| Protects peoples rights that arent mentioned in the Constitution | Ninth Amendment |
| The federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution and all other powers are reserved to each state or to the people | Tenth Amendment |
| Prohibits federal courts from construing the judicial power of the United States | Eleventh Amendment |
| Provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president | Twelfth Amendment |
| Made slavery illegal | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Everyone born in the United States is a citizen and must be treated equally by the law | Fourteenth Amendment |
| Prohibits the federal government or any state from denying a citizens right to vote based on color or race | Fifteenth Amendment |
| Allows congress to levy and collect income taxes | Sixteenth Amendment |
| Established the direct election of United States senators in each state | Seventeenth Amendment |
| Declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal | Eighteenth Amendment |
| Prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of sex- Gave women the right to vote | Nineteenth Amendment |
| Changed the start dates for the President and Congress | Twentieth Amendment |
| Repealed the 18th Amendment | Twenty-first Amendment |
| Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected to the office again | Twenty-second Amendment |
| Gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections | Twenty-third Amendment |
| Prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in federal elections | Twenty-fourth Amendment |
| Provides for the temporary transfer of the presidents powers and duties to the vice president | Twenty-fifth Amendment |
| Established a nationally standardized minimum age of 18 in state and federal elections | Twenty-sixth Amendment |
| Forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes | Twenty-seventh Amendment |
| Created a Congress consisting of a Senate and the House of Reps | Article 1 |
| Established the executive branch of the federal government which is headed by the president | Article 2 |
| Established the judicial branch which sets up the Supreme Court and other federal courts | Article 3 |
| Says states should work together and the admission of new states | Article 4 |
| Explains how the Constitution can be changed by 2/3 of legislatures or 3/4 by Conventions | Article 5 |
| Says the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the highest laws in the country and government officials must promise to support the Constitution | Article 6 |
| Declares that the Constitution shall become the official law of the ratifying states when nine states ratified the document | Article 7 |
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