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POLS 1100: Amendments
Amendments
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
08/30/2009

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Amendment 1:
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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Petition, and Assembly
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Amendment 2:
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The right to bear arms.
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Amendment 3:
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No quartering of soldiers, expect in times of war.
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Amendment 4:
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No unreasonable search and seizure
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Amendment 5:
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Rights guaranteed to the accused.
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Amendment 6:
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Right to a speedy trial.
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Amendment 7:
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Trial by jury in civil cases.
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Amendment 8:
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No cruel and unusual punishment.
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Amendment 9:
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Rights not listed are retained by the people.
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Amendment 10:
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Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the States.
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Amendment 11:
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State cannot be sued in a federal court by a citizen of another state (1795)
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Amendment 12:
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How we elect the President (1804)
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Amendment 13:
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Abolition of slavery (1865)
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Amendment 14:
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Citizenship Defined. Privileges or immunities. Due process of law and equal protection of the law applied to the states (1868)
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Amendment 15:
Definition
Suffrage for Black males (1870)
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Amendment 16:
Definition
Direct income tax (1913)
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Amendment 17:
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Direct election of senators (1913)
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Amendment 18:
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Prohibition. No manufacture or sale of alcohol (1919)
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Amendment 19:
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Suffrage for women (1920)
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Amendment 20:
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Lame Duck amendment. (1933)
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Amendment 21:
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Reverse Prohibition (1933)
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Amendment 22:
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Limit President to two terms in office or ten years (1951)
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Amendment 23:
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Three electors for Washington D.C. (1961)
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Amendment 24:
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Can't require poll taxes (1964)
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Amendment 25:
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Disability and Succession (1967)
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Amendment 26:
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Eighteen Year olds given the right to vote (1971)
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Amendment 27:
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Cannot raise salary during that term (1992)
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