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| The First Amendment | Guraentees freedom of religion, speech,assembly, and press, and the right of people to petiton government |
| The Second Amendment | Protects the right of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms |
| The Third Amendment | Restricts quatering of troops in private homes |
| The Fourth Amendment | Protects against "unreasonable search and seizures" |
| The Fifth Amendment | Assures right not to be deprived of " life, liberty, or property without due process of law" |
| The Sixth Amendment | Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury |
| The Seventh Amendment | Assure right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law |
| The Eighth Amendment | Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment |
| The Ninth Amendment | Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8 |
| The Tenth Amendment | Restates the constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted by national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people |
| The Eleventh Amendment | Removed cases in which a state was sued without its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal court |
| The Twelfth Amendment | Requried presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president |
| The Thirteenth Amendment | Abolished slavery and authorized congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition |
| The Fourteenth Amendment | Granted citizenship to all person born or naturalized in the United States |
| The Fifteenth Amendment | Extended voting rights to African American males by outlawing denial of right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
| The Sixteenth Amendment | Empowered Congress to levy an income tax |
| The Seventeenth Amendment | Provided for the election of U.S. senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legislatures |
| The Eighteenth Amendment | Authorized Congress to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor |
| The Nineteenth Amendment | Extended the right to vote to women |
| The Twentieth Amendment | Shortened time between presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as Inauguration Day |
| The Twenty-first Amendment | Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and empowered Congress to regualate the liquor industry |
| The Twenty-second Amendment | Limited presidents to two full terms in office |
| The Twenty-third Amendment | Granted voters in the District of Columbia the right to vote for president and vice president |
| The Twenty-fourth Amendment | Forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election |
| The Twenty-fifth Amendment | Provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapcity and for filling vacancies in the office of the vice president |
| The Twenty-sixth Amendment | Extended the right to vote to 18 year olds |
| The Twenty- seventh Amendment | Banned Congress from increasing its members' salaries until after the next election |
| Executive Agreement | Agreements between the President and foreign Chiefs of State |
| The Twenty-first amendment | The only amendment ratified through conventions called by the states |
| 13-15 | Which amendments are referred to as the Civil War amendments? |
| Franklin Roosevelt | Which President was elected four times, leading to the passage of the 22nd Amendment? |
| Eminent Domain | The power of the government to take private property for public use |
| judicial restraint | The Supreme Court should uphold acts of Congress unless they specifically violate the Constitution. |
| judicial activism | the court should help settle the major social and political issues of the day |
| 15, 19, 23, 26 | List 3 amendments that affected voting rights of U.S. citizens |
| libel | written statements that intended to damage a person's reputation |
| slander | false speech intended to damage a person's reputation |
| William Henry Harrison | Who was the first President to die in office, raising the question of Presidential succession? |
