Constitutional Amendments

Flashcard deck · A.P. U.S. History · 1754 - 1800 - Creating a New Nation · History

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All 27 constitutional amendments from the 1st through the 27th, each paired with its ratification date, from the Bill of Rights in 1791 to the 27th in 1992.

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10th Amendment (1791): The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
11th Amendment (1795): The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
12th Amendment (1804): Added the separation of the president and vice president onto two different ballots.
13th Amendment (1865): Abolished slavery.
14th Amendment (1868): This amendment declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were entitled equal rights regardless of their race, and that their rights were protected at both the state and national levels; Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues
15th Amendment (1870): Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
16th Amendment (1913): Gave Congress the power to tax income.
17th Amendment (1913): Direct election of senators.
18th Amendment (1919): Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
19th Amendment (1920): Gave women the right to vote.
1st Amendment (1791): Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
20th Amendment (1933): Changed the date the president takes office from March 4th to January 20th; changed the start of Congress to January 3rd; ended the Lame Duck Congress.
21st Amendment (1933): Repeal of Prohibition.
22nd Amendment (1951): Limits the number of terms a president may be elected to serve.
23rd Amendment (1961): Washington, D.C. receives 3 electoral votes and the residents are allowed to vote in the presidential election.
24th Amendment (1964): Eliminated the poll tax as a prerequisite to vote in national elections.
25th Amendment (1967): Clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president as well as responding to presidential disabilities.
26th Amendment (1971): Lowered the voting age to 18.
27th Amendment (1992): Limits the power of Congress to increase its own salaries.
2nd Amendment (1791): A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
3rd Amendment (1791): No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
4th Amendment (1791): The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5th Amendment (1791): No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
6th Amendment (1791): In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
7th Amendment (1791): In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
8th Amendment (1791): Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
9th Amendment (1791): The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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