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21 Cards in this Set
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1st Amendment
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Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition the government.
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The basis of The American Constitution
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2nd Amendment
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The right to bear arms.
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An amendment that rednecks support
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3rd Amendment
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Prohibit soldiers quartering in homes, during peacetime
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It will keep soldiers from looting into your house!
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4th Amendment
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Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
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A right belonging to the right of privacy
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5th Amendment
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Requires grand jury indictment for a serious crime, bans double jeopardy, no loss of rights without due process of law.
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It's to keep you from suffering in prison.
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6th Amendment
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Guarantees the right to a speedy, impartial trial in criminal cases with counsel and the right to cross examine.
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To supposedly keep away from bars, if jury is biased.
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7th Amendment
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Guarantees the right to jury trial in civil suits involving $20 or more.
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That's how people get money in lawsuits!
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8th Amendment
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Prohibits excessive bail, fines, cruel or unusual punishment.
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The reason why we only have lethal injection as an execution method.
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9th Amendment
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Rights NOT listed in other amendments are NOT necessarily involved.
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No excuses
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10th Amendment
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Asserts that powers not delegated to the national government or denied to the states are reserved to the states.
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The division of power
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What are the first ten amendments called?
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Bill of Rights
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The name should pop into your head.
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11th Amendment
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(1798) Judicial limits
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Limiting our courts
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12th Amendment
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(1804) Method for choosing the President, Vice President
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Method of choosing a president
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13th Amendment
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(1865) Abolished Slavery
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Ending something really racist and inhumane
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14th Amendment
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(1868) Right of citizenship to all people born in USA or naturalized.
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The reason why we're citizens.
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15th Amendment
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(1870) Gives the right to vote all citizen, regardless of ethnicity, no women yet.
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Sorry ladies, wait for your voting rights.
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16th Amendment
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(1913) Income tax authorized
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No more ridiculous taxation.
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17th Amendment
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(1913) Senators elected by the popular vote
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Yay no ridiculous technicalities
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18th Amendment
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(1919) Prohibition of alcohol
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No DUIs
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19th Amendment
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(1920) Women's suffrage
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Women can vote
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20th Amendment
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(1933) New terms of office for the President and Congress
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Terms?
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