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Amendments
Civics and Economics/ Amendments 1-27
27
History
10th Grade
09/01/2010

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Term
1st Amendment
Definition

Est. Clause

Freedom: Religion, Speech/Expression, Press, Petition.

Right to assembly groups peacefully

Term
2nd Amendment
Definition
Freedom to bear arms
Term
3rd Amendment
Definition
Right from being force to house soldiers in your home
Term
4th Amendment
Definition
Protection from unreasonable search/seizure
Term
5th Amendment
Definition

Due Process

(Protection from unfair treatment during arrest and trial)

Indict by a grand jury

Double jeopardy

Eminent Domain

No self incrimination

 

Term
6th Amendment
Definition

Right of the accused

Speedy and public

Trial held where crime was committed

Right to an attorney

Right to hear the charges against you

 

Term
7th Amendment
Definition
Right to a jury trial in civil cases over $20
Term
8th Amendment
Definition
Protection: Excessive bail & cruel and unusual punishment
Term
9th Amendment
Definition
Protection of citizens from the general power of the government- we have other rights too
Term
10th Amendment
Definition

Protection of the rights of state

Reserve power

Term
11th Amendment
Definition
Forbids certain kind of lawsuit against the states
Term
12th Amendment
Definition
Change how Electoral College votes for President and Vice President
Term
13th Amendment
Definition
Abolishes Slavery
Term
14th Amendment
Definition
Defines citizenship & states the rights of citizens to due process and equal protection of law
Term
15th Amendment
Definition
Right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous enslavement (Male)
Term
16th Amendment
Definition
Congress the power to tax incomes
Term
17th Amendment
Definition
Provides for the election of senators by the people
Term
18th Amendment
Definition
Sets up prohibition (forbids) the sales and manufacture of alcohol
Term
19th Amendment
Definition
Women right to vote
Term
20th Amendment
Definition
Change beginning dates for presidential & congressional terms of office
Term
21st Amendment
Definition
Repeal (ends) prohibition
Term
22nd Amendment
Definition
Place limit on # of terms a president may serve
Term
23rd Amendment
Definition
Grant citizens of Dictrict Columbia right to vote in presidential elections
Term
24th Amendment
Definition
Prohibits poll tax (tax voters had to pay in order to vote)
Term
25th Amendment
Definition
Set policies for presidential succession, filling a vice president vacancy. and presidential illness
Term
26th Amendment
Definition
Lower voting age to 18
Term
27th Amendment
Definition
Limits on raises for members of Congress
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