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27 Cards in this Set
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Amendment 1
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Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition (1791)
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Amendment 2
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Ensures the right to keep and bear arms (1791)
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Amendment 3
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Sets conditions for quartering troops in private homes (1791)
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Amendment 4
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Regulates search, seizure and warrants (1791)
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Amendment 5
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Addresses protections against self-incrimination, guarantees of due process, eminent domain, and grand jury indictment for capital crimes (1791)
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Amendment 6
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Guarantees rights to a speedy, public trial and an impartial jury, to confront witnesses, and to have an attorney (1791)
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Amendment 7
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Preserves right to a jury trial in civil cases (1791)
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Amendment 8
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Ensures no excessive bails or fines, nor cruel and unusual punishment (1791)
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Amendment 9
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Unenumerates rights of the people (1791)
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Amendment 10
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Reserves powers of the states and people (1791)
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Amendment 11
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Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity (1795)
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Amendment 12
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Revises presidential election procedures (1804)
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Amendment 13
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Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime (1865)
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Amendment 14
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Defines citizenship and deals with post-Civil-War issues (1868)
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Amendment 15
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Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (1870)
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Amendment 16
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Allows federal 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 of alcohol (1919)
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Amendment 19
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Federal recognition of women's suffrage (1920)
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Amendment 20
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Term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20)- "lame duck amendment" (1933)
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Amendment 21
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Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment (1933)
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Amendment 22
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Limits the president to two terms (1951)
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Amendment 23
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Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College (1961)
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Amendment 24
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Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes (1964)
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Amendment 25
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Addresses presidential succession, disability, and vice presidential vacancies (1967)
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Amendment 26
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Voting age nationally established at 18 (1971)
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Amendment 27
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Addresses congressional pay (1992)
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