Ammendments Flashcards
(27 cards)
Criminal proceedings (such as right to a fair public trial to be held as soon as possible)
Amendment 6
Right to keep and bear arms
Amendment 2
Criminal proceedings (such as capital crime, court Marshall, US court of military appeals, eminent domain)
Amendment 5
Freedom of religion, speech, and of the press: right of petition
Amendment 1
Quartering of soldiers in private houses
Amendment 3
Unenumerated rights of the people
Amendment 9
Election of President and vice President on separate ballots
Amendment 12
Powers reserved to state
Amendment 10
Abolition of poll taxes
Amendment 24
Deals with lawsuits filed against states and federal court
Amendment 11
Right of suffrage for black Americans (The right of former slaves to vote)
Amendment 15
Excessive punishment
Amendment 8
Income tax
Amendment 16
Repeal of national prohibition
Amendment 21
Abolition of slavery (emancipation proclamation)
Amendment 13
National prohibition (volstead act of 1919, a.k.a. national prohibition act
Amendment 18
Limitation of presidential term
Amendment 22
Women’s suffrage
Amendment 19
Presidential and vice presidential succession
Amendment 25
Suffrage for citizens 18 years of age and older
Amendment 26
The convening of Congress in the inauguration of the president and vice president (lame duck amendment)
Amendment 20
Granted the district of Columbia number of presidential electors (Washington DC)
Amendment 23
Jury trial in civil cases
Amendment 7
American rights and citizenship to black Americans; apportionment of representatives; political disabilities, public debt
Amendment 14
