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5th amendment
The 5th amendment was designed to protect the rights of the criminally accused and to secure life, liberty, and property. -
9th amendment
The 8th amendment is the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. -
1st amendment
The first amend made was added so the govt could not deprive the citizens of religion, liberties, and speech. With out this we could not do the things we love and are used to. -
2nd amendment
The second amendment was is the right to bear arms. Without this we could not protect ourselves against all sorts of things. -
3rd amendment
The third amendment is that no Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. -
4th amendment
The 4th amendment is made for protecting people from the searching of their homes and private property without properly executed search warrants. -
6th amendment
the 6th amendment was made so In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial. -
7th amendment
This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. -
8th amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment. -
The 10th amendment
The Tenth Amendment was added to the Constitution of 1787 largely because of the intellectual influence and personal persistence of the Anti-Federalists and their allies. -
11th amendment
deals with each state's sovereign immunity and was adopted to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia -
12th amendment
Thhe 12th Amendment was adopted to fix a flaw in the Constitution that had allowed Thomas Jefferson to tie in the Electoral College with his vice presidential candidate Aaron Burr. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. -
14th amendment
The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote -
16th amendment
The 16th amendment is an important amendment that allows the federal United States government to levy collect an income tax from all Americans. -
17th amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. -
18th amendment
After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. -
21st amentment
The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. -
22nd amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once
