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Amendments
27 amendments of the constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st Amendment | Fundamental Freedoms - Rights to the Press, Religion, Petition, Assembly and Speech |
| 2nd Amendment | Right to Keep and Bare Arms |
| 3rd Amendment | No Quartering Soldiers - Soldiers can not live in a house without permission from the owner |
| 4th Amendment | No Unreasonable Search and Seizure |
| 5th Amendment | Key Protections - Right to Remain Silent, Double Jeopardy, Grand Jury, and Eminent Domain |
| 6th Amendment | Key Protections - Speedy and Public Trial, Impartial Jury, Inform of Accusations, and Assistance of Counsel, |
| 7th Amendment | Guarantees the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases (lawsuits between private parties, not criminal cases) where the dispute exceeds $20 |
| 8th Amendment | No cruel or unusual punishment and no excessive bail |
| 9th Amendment | Enumerated Rights - rights to the people |
| 10th Amendment | Powers reserved for the states or to the people (that are not delegated to the U.S. by the constitution) |
| 11th Amendment | People can't sue states other than their own |
| 12th Amendment | The president + vice president are on the same ticket (one vote for president and one for vice president) |
| 13th Amendment | Abolition of Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Granted citizenship, guaranteed equal protection and due process, and prohibited states from violating these rights |
| 15th Amendment | Granted African American men the right to vote |
| 16th Amendment | Allows the government to take income tax |
| 17th Amendment | Direct election of the senators |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition of liquor |
| 19th Amendment | Women Suffrage, gave women right to vote |
| 20th Amendment | it moved the start of presidential terms to January 20 and congressional terms to January 3 |
| 21st Amendment | Overturns prohibition drinking age |
| 22nd Amendment | Limits president to two terms (10 years) |
| 23rd Amendment | Grants residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections by allocating electors to the District in the Electoral College |
| 24th Amendment | Abolition of poll tax |
| 25th Amendment | Presidential succession, vice president vacancy, voluntary or involuntary transfer of power |
| 26th Amendment | Starts voting age at 18 |
| 27th Amendment | prohibits any law changing the compensation of Senators and Representatives from taking effect until after an intervening election - Congressional compensation |
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