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Amendments 1-27

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Amendment 1Gaurantees freedom of religion
Amendment 1Gaurantees freedom of speech
Amendment 1Gaurantees freed of press
Amendment 1Gaurantees the right to assemble peaceably
Amendment 1Gaurantees freedom to petition the govt.
Amendment 2Gaurantees the right to organize state militias
Amendment 2Gaurantees the right to bear arms
Amendment 3Prohibits quartering soldiers in private homes during times of peace and war
Amendment 4Prohibits the unreasonable search and seizure of persons and property without a valid warrant
Amendment 5Requires a grand jury for serious criminal charges
Amendment 5Prohibits military trials of civilians
Amendment 5Prohibits double jeapardy
Amendment 5Prohibits forcing accused persons to testify against themselves
Amendment 5Gaurantees that no one may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Amendment 5Prohibits govt. taking private property for public use without just compensation
Amendment 6Gaurantees the right to a speedy trial by jury in criminal cases
Amendment 6Gaurantees the right to know all charges
Amendment 6Gaurantees right to question and obtain witnesses
Amendment 6Gaurantees right to have counsel
Amendment 7Gaurantees a jury trial in most civil cases
Amendment 8Prohibits excessive bail + fines + cruel + unusual punishment
Amendment 9Assures people that they may have other basic rights in addition to those mentioned in the Constitution
Amendment 10Guarantees that rights not given to the fed. govt. nor denied to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people
Amendment 11Requires that when the govt. of a state is sued by a citizen of another state or of a foreign country, the case must be tried in the courts of the state being sued
Amendment 12Requires the members of the electoral college to vote for the Pres. + Vice Pres. on seperate ballots
Amendment 13Forbids slavery in only part of the US or land under its control
Amendment 14Grants citizenship to former slaves
Amendment 14Defines the rights of citizens
Amendment 14Gaurantees privileges + immunities of citizens
Amendment 14Makes the due process of law provision of the Fifth Amendment applicable to the states
Amendment 14Requires states to provide the equal protection of the law to all the citizens within they jurisdiction
Amendment 15Gaurantees the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Amendment 16Permits Congress to levy a federal income tax
Amendment 17Provides the direct election of US senators by the people in the states they represent
Amendment 18Outlaws the making, selling, or transporting of alcoholic beverages
Amendment 19Grants women the right to vote
Amendment 20Changes the inauguration date fo the Pres. and Vice. from March 4 to Jan. 20
Amendment 20Provides that the terms of newly elected members of Congress shall begin on Jan. 3, when Congress begins its annual session
Amendment 21Repeals prohibition (amendment 18)
Amendment 22Forbids the Pres. from being elected for more than two terms
Amendment 23Gives voters in Wash. D.C. the right to vot for Pres. and Vice Pres.
Amendment 24Abolishes the poll tax as a requirement of voting
Amendment 25States the procedures to be followed in the event of death, removal, resignation, or disability of the Pres.
Amendment 25Provides for the appointment of a Vice Pres.
Amendment 26Gives teh right to vote in a federal elections to men + women 18 years of age or older
Amendment 27Delays Congressional raises until session following passage


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