Amendments Flashcards
(27 cards)
1
Freedom of speech, relgion, press, right, and to petition
2nd
Right to bear arms
3rd
Quartering of soliders is not legal
4th
Warrant 4 Searching
5th
Due Process, Miranda Rights
6th
Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to counsel, and the right to confront witnesses
7th
The right to a jury in civil cases
8th
Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
9th
States that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that other rights retained by the people are not protected.
10th
Federal government’s powers are limited
Any power not given to the federal government goes to the states/the people
11th
states cannot be sued in federal court
12th
Election of vice president and president via electoral college.
13th
Slavery abolished
14th
1)all persons born in the united states are granted citizenship, 2) no state can deny any person the equal protection of the laws, 3)no state can deny any person life, liberty, property without due process of law
15th
Black Suffrage, No denial of vote because of race, color, previous condition of servitude
16th
Gave congress the power to collect taxes on income
17th
People elect senators
18th
NO ALCHOHALLLL
19th
Women get the right to vote (finally)
20th
Sets the transition period between the new and the old president
21st
Repealed the 18th Amendment
22nd
Puts a 2 term limit on the presidency
23rd
Washington D.C residents can vote in the election
24th
Abolition of poll tax in national elections