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27 Cards in this Set
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Amendment 1 |
5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition |
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Amendment 2 |
Right to bear arms (to protect the people against a government that becomes too powerful) |
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Amendment 3 |
No quartering of soldiers |
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Amendment 4 |
No unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant; right to privacy |
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Amendment 5
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Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy, right to remain silent (you can't be forced to testify against yourself) and the right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense |
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Amendment 6 |
Right to a speedy trial |
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Amendment 7 |
Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no lawsuits under $20 |
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Amendment 8 |
No cruel and unusual punishment |
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Amendment 9 |
Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically given to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists) |
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Amendment 10 |
Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically given to the states. |
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Amendment 11 |
When states sue other states, it automatically goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another state. Another country can't sue the US and vice verse. |
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Amendment 12 |
Creates a ticket for the presidency where the president and VP are elected together. |
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Amendment 13 |
Abolishes slavery and gives congress the power to enforce abolition through legislation. |
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Amendment 14 |
Defines citizens as people born in the US and prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under the law. Also states that the value of the debt must always be paid and honored, and cannot be questioned. Also excludes women from voting. |
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Amendment 15 |
Voting rights will not be based on race. |
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Amendment 16 |
Establishes an income tax |
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Amendment 17 |
Direct election of senators |
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Amendment 18 |
Prohibition |
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Amendment 19 |
Women's suffrage |
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Amendment 20 |
Shortens the lame duck period by moving the presidential inauguration from March to January |
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Amendment 21 |
Ends prohibition by repealing the 18th amendment |
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Amendment 22 |
Limits the president to two terms in office |
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Amendment 23 |
Washington DC is not a state, but gets 3 electoral votes |
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Amendment 24 |
Outlaws poll taxes |
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Amendment 25 |
Outlines the direct line of succession for the presidency |
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Amendment 26 |
Lowers the voting age to 18 |
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Amendment 27 |
Congress can't give itself a pay raise. |
