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Tenth Amendment
Powers not given to the federal government are retained by the sates or the people -
Third Amendment
Prohibits the government from forcing people to provide shelter for soldiers in their homes -
First Amendment
Protects the right of Americans to worship as they please, freedom of speech, freedom of press, and the right to assemble in groups and sign petitions. -
Second Amendment
The right to own a weapon. Created to outlaw the disarming of people, but guns are still reasonably regulated. -
Fourth Amendment
Desire to protect privacy, it limits the governments power to searches and seizures -
Eighth Amendment
Prohibits excessive bail and prevents judges from ordering someone convicted of a crime to pay an excessive fine and bans “cruel and unusual punishment” -
Fifth Amendment
Protections for people accused of crimes and gives the government the right to take private property for public use for a fair price -
Sixth Amendment
Right to a speedy trail by an impartial jury, protects people from being held for an unreasonably long time, gives them the right to question witnesses, and the right to know their charges -
Ninth Amendment
All other rights not spelled out in the Constitution are “retained by the people” -
Seventh Amendment
Provides right to a jury trial in federal courts to settle all disputes about property worth more than $20 -
Twelfth Amendment
A structural change that made elections use separate ballots for the president and the vice president -
Thirteenth Amendment
Outlawed slavery in the U.S. -
Fourteenth Amendment
Stops states from depriving people from life, liberty, and property and says all people have the right to equal protection -
Fifteenth Amendment
Stops the government from denying a person's right to vote based on race -
Sixteenth Amendment
It gives Congress the power to levy individuals income taxes -
Seventeenth Amendment
States that the people elect U.S. senators directly -
Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages -
Nineteenth Amendment
Guarantees women the right to vote -
Twentieth Amendment
Sets new dates for when the president or the vice president are inaugurated and when Congress begins its term -
Twenty-second Amendment
Limits the president to a maximum of two election terms -
Twenty-third Amendment
Gave the District of Columbia three electors -
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Prohibits poll taxes in the federal elections -
Twenty-fifth Amendment
States the process for the vice president to take over office if the president is disabled -
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18 -
Twenty-seventh Amendment
Makes congressional pay raises effective during the term of their passage