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Amendments to the Co
Question | Answer |
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1st Amendment I | Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly and Protest |
2nd Amendment II | Right to Bear Arms |
3rd Amendment III | Quartering of Soldiers |
4th Amendment IV | Search and Seizure |
5th Amendment V | Due Process, Freedom from self-incrimination, Double Jeopardy, Eminent Domain |
6th Amendment VI | Criminal Trial Rights - Attorney, unbiased jury, confront witnesses |
7th Amendment VII | Civil Cases |
8th Amendment VIII | Excessive Fines and Cruel and Unusual Punishments |
9th Amendment IX | Cannot deny people rights not listed. |
10th Amendment X | States Rights and Individual |
11th Amendment XI | Citizens and State Courts |
12th Amendment XII | Separate Ballots - President and VP as a package. |
13th Amendment XIII | Abolishes Slavery |
14th Amendment XIV | Equal Protection for all Citizens |
15th Amendment XV | Suffrage for African American Males |
16th Amendment XVI | Federal Income Tax |
17th Amendment XVII | Election of Senators by the people |
18th Amendment XVIII | Prohibition |
19th Amendment XIX | Women's Suffrage |
20th Amendment XX | Oath of office moved up (Lame Duck) |
21st Amendment XXI | Repeal of Prohibition (18th) |
22nd Amendment XXII | 2 Term limit for Presidents |
23rd Amendment XXIII | Electoral Votes for D.C. |
24th Amendment XIV | Ban Poll Taxes |
25th Amendment XXV | Presidential Succession |
26th Amendment XXVI | Voting age 18 |
27th Amendment XXVII | Congressional Pay Raises occur in the following year. |