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30 Cards in this Set
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Freedom of religion, speech, press; right of assembly, petition
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1st Amendment
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Right to keep and bear arms
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2nd Amendment
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Limitation on quartering of soldiers
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3rd Amendment
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Limitations on searches and seizures
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4th Amendment
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Protection of accuses in capital crimes
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5th Amendment
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Right to speedy trial of accused by impartial jury
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6th Amendment
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Trial by jury in civil suits
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7th Amendment
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Excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishments forbidden
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8th Amendment
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This enumeration of rights dos not deny other rights retained by people
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9th Amendment
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Undelegated powers reserved to the states and the people
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10th Amendment
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Exemption of states from federal suits by citizens of another state (1798)
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11th Amendment
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New method of electing President and Vice President (1804)
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12th Amendment
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Slavery prohibited (1865)
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13th Amendment
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Guarantee of due process and equal protection of all citizens
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14.1 Amendment
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Apportionment of Representatives in Congress (Supersedes part on art. 1, sec. 2.)
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14.2 Amendment
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Statue of public officials engaged in insurrection
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14.3 Amendment
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status of Civil War debts (1868)
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14.4 Amendment
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Protecting of Voting rights (1870)
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15th Amendment
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Income tax (1913)
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16th Amendment
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Election of Senators by the people; senatorial vacancies (1913)
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17th Amendment
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Prohibition of intoxicating liquors (1919) (Repealed in 1933)
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18th Amendment
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Woman's suffrage (1920)
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19th Amendment
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Abolition of "lame duck" session in Congress--change in date of assembly (1933)
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20th Amendment
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Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
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21st Amendment
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Limitation of President to two terms of office (1951)
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22nd Amendment
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Right of people in District of Columbia to vote for electors of President and Vice President (1961)
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23rd Amendment
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Failure to pay taxes not a restriction on federal voting rights (1964)
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24th Amendment
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Succession to the Presidency in case of vacancy or disability (1967)
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25th Amendment
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Suffrage extended to 18, 19, 20-year-olds in all state, local, and federal elections (1971)
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26th Amendment
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No pay increase for Senators and Representatives during current term of office
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27th Amendment
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