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What does the 1st Amendment provide?
Which amendment protects the right to bear arms?
What does the 3rd Amendment prohibit?
Which amendment concerns searches and seizures?
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What is one of the protections offered by the 5th Amendment?
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Which amendment grants the right to a speedy trial?
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Which amendment guarantees the right to a jury in civil trials?
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What does the 8th Amendment prohibit?
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What does the 9th Amendment state?
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What does the 10th Amendment clarify?
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Which amendment states that one state cannot be sued by another state?
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What is separated by the 12th Amendment?
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What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
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Which amendment asserts that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens?
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What does the 15th Amendment prohibit?
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Which amendment gives Congress the power to tax income?
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What does the 17th Amendment establish?
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What does the 18th Amendment enforce?
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Which amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on gender?
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When does Congress begin according to the 20th Amendment?
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What does the 21st Amendment do?
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What limitation does the 22nd Amendment impose?
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What does the 23rd Amendment provide to Washington DC?
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What does the 24th Amendment abolish?
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What does the 25th Amendment address?
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What does the 26th Amendment establish?
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What does the 27th Amendment state regarding congressional pay raises?
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Study Notes
First Amendment to Tenth Amendment
- 1st Amendment: Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- 2nd Amendment: Affirms the right to bear arms.
- 3rd Amendment: Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime without consent.
- 4th Amendment: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, requiring search warrants based on probable cause.
- 5th Amendment: Ensures rights against self-incrimination and double jeopardy; mandates due process before deprivation of life, liberty, or property.
- 6th Amendment: Provides the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
- 7th Amendment: Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
- 8th Amendment: Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment as well as excessive bail or fines.
- 9th Amendment: Affirms that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.
- 10th Amendment: States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
Eleventh Amendment to Twentieth Amendment
- 11th Amendment: Establishes that a state cannot be sued in federal court by another state or by citizens of another state.
- 12th Amendment: Requires separate Electoral College votes for President and Vice President to prevent electoral confusion.
- 13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
- 14th Amendment: Defines citizenship, offers equal protection under the law, and ensures due process for all persons.
- 15th Amendment: Prohibits denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- 16th Amendment: Grants Congress the authority to levy an income tax.
- 17th Amendment: Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote, replacing state legislature selection.
- 18th Amendment: Instituted the prohibition of alcohol, making its production, sale, and transportation illegal.
- 19th Amendment: Guarantees women the right to vote, prohibiting voting discrimination based on gender.
- 20th Amendment: Sets the dates for the start of Congress (January 30th) and the President (January 20th), known as the "Lame-duck" Amendment.
Twenty-First Amendment to Twenty-Seventh Amendment
- 21st Amendment: Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition and legalizing alcohol once again.
- 22nd Amendment: Limits the president to two elected terms, or a maximum of 10 years in office.
- 23rd Amendment: Grants Washington D.C. electoral votes in presidential elections, treating it similarly to a state, but without congressional representation.
- 24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax in federal elections, removing a financial barrier to voting.
- 25th Amendment: Addresses presidential succession and disability; outlines the process for a Vice President to take over if the President is unable to fulfill duties.
- 26th Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18, ensuring that states cannot deny the right to vote based on age.
- 27th Amendment: Prohibits Congressional pay raises from taking effect until after the next election, promoting accountability in legislative compensation.
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