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Prevents the quartering of soldiers in private homes | Amendment III, Third Amendment |
Powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states | X Amendment, 10th Amendment, also known as the reserve clause. |
Slavery was Abolished | Amendment XIII, 13th Amendment |
Right to a jury trial | Amendment VII, 7th Amendment |
Freedm of Speech, Assembly, press, and petition | Amendment I, 1st Amendment |
Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure | Amendment IV, 4th Amendment |
Separate ballots for President and Vice-President in the Electoral College | Amendment XII, 12th Amendment |
Right to a Speedy Trial | Amendment VI, 6th Amendment |
Prevention of self-incrimination | Amendment V, 5th Amendment |
Authorization of an Income Tax | Amendment XVI, 16th Amendment |
Deals with Presidential Disability and Succession | Amendment XXV, 25th Amendment |
Lowering Voting Age to 18 | Amendment XXVI, 26th Amendment |
Presidential Vote for D.C. | Amendment XXIII, 23rd Amendment |
Limiting Presidential Terms | Amendment XXII, 22nd Amendment |
Senators Elected by Popular Vote | Amendment XVII, 17th Amendment |
Gave Voting Rights to Former Slaves | Amendment XV, 15th Amendment |
Banning Poll Tax in Federal Elections | Amendment XXIV, 24th Amendment |
Limiting the ability to affect Congressional Pay | Amendment XXVII, 27th Amendment |
Changing the Inaugeration of Presidential terms | Amendment XX, 20th Amendment |
Nationwide Voting Rights for Women | Amendment XIX, 19th Amendment |
Gave Citizenship to former slaves and applied Bill of Rights to States. | Amendment, XIV, 14th Amendment |
Prevents Double Jeopardy, being tried for the same crime twice | Amendment V, 5th Amendment |
Prevented the establishment of a state religion | Amendment I, 1st Amendment |
Right to keep and bear arms | Amendment II, 2nd Amendement |
Banned Excessive Fines and Cruel and unusal punishment | Amendment VIII, 8th Amendment |
Banned the production, sale, and consumption of liquor | Amendment XVIII, 18th Amendment |
Repealed the ban against liquor | Amendment XXI, 21st Amendment |
First Ten Amendments are know collectively as | The Bill of Rights |
The trying of someone twice for the same crime which was banned by the fifth amendment is | Double Jeopardy |
The Eight Amendment banned what type of punishment a three word phrase | Cruel and Unusual |
Prior to the adoption of the 26th amendment giving the right to vote to 18 year olds what was the previous voting age in most states? | 21 |
In American Law it is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove beyond a | Reasonable Doubt |
The process of filling the Office of Vice-President should that office become vacant was established with what amendment? | 25th |
The 22nd amendment was ratified during which presidential administration in 1951 | Harry Truman (He was grandfathered in) |
The First Amendment guarantees that there there can be no law regarding the establishment of | Religion |
The 1st amendment guarantees the people the right to ___ the Government to redress grievances | Petition |
The 1st amendment gives the right of the people to peaceably what? | Assemble |
Who is considered the father of the US constitution because of his activities during the Constitutional Convention | James Madison |
The Constitutional Convention met in what city, the home of the Liberty Bell | Philadelphia |
The first state to ratify the Constitution was: | Delaware |
The 12th amendment dealing with the electoral college was as a result of what Presidential election | The election of 1800 which saw Thomas Jefferson eventually being elected by the House of Rep. |