Amendments
14th Amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." "No state shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person ... the equal protection of the laws."
13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
15th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the Unites States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
This amendment changed the way the Electoral College chose the President and Vice President.
12th
A need arose to have an income tax that required people with high incomes to pay a higher percentage of their income than people with lower incomes.
16th Amendment
In some states, powerful and corrupt "rich men's clubs" gamed control of Congress by electing Senators who were favorable to their interests.
17th Amendment
Many reformers believed that a prohibition against drinking alcoholic beverages would reduce crime and corruption and solve many social problems.
18th Amendment
Many Americans thought it was unfair that millions of women were working the jobs of American men who were fighting in WWI even when they did not have the right to vote.
19th Amendment
The freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly and the right to petition
1st amendment
This amendment moved the date for the start of the President's new term to January 20th from March 4th.
20th
his amendment gave D.C. residents three electoral votes that allowed them to have a vote in Presidential elections.
23rd
These two amendments expanded the right to vote for disenfranchised Americans, namely poor Americans and 18-20 year olds.
24th & 26th
This amendment dealt with what happens on the death, removal, or resignation of the President or Vice President (Presidential Succession).
25th
Thousands of amenemdments have been introduced but how many have been ratified?
27
Which amendment was created with the primary purpose of limiting the power of Congress to pass laws that would raise their salaries?
27th Amendment
The right to bear arms (weapons).
2nd Amendment
Protection from soldiers quartering in your home
3rd Amendment
No illegal search and seizure
4th amendment
Right to no self-incrimination
5th Amendment
No double jeopardy
5th amendment
Right to due process
5th amendment
Right to a fair trial
6th amendment
Right to a speedy trial
6th amendment
No cruel or unusual punishment
8th amendment
During the 1920's, the manufacture, sale, transportation, imporation, and exportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal across the nation. Why did it take the ratification of the 21st amendment to make alcohol manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, and exporatation legal again?
Alcohol was banned by a previous amendment, and only another amendment could repeal it.
First 10 amendments to the Constitution, which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all Americans
Bill of Rights
This country, with its institutions, belong to the people who inhibit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercising their revolutionary right to overthrow it. -Abraham Lincoln. In the statement above, what is President Lincoln implying.
By amending the Constitution we are exercising their constitutional right.
The seventh amendment applies to cases with:
Civil Trials
What is the best interpretation of the statement below? "The amendment process is long and difficult."
Many amendments have been filed but only a few have been ratified.
What are the two exceptions when not needing a warrant for police when searching your car home or person?
Probable cause and immediate danger to the public.
Though more than 11,000 amendments have been proposed over the last 200 years, very few have been ratified. The Founders purposely made the process difficult because they were committed to establishing stability and security through a respect for the rule of law. Based on the above statement, which of the following is true?
The Founders made this a long process to secure that, above all, the Constitution should be upheld and that no mistakes shall be made
Which branch of the federal govenrment is able to propose an amendment
The Legislative Branch
What is the best interpretation of the following statement: "In two hundred plus years we have only added 27 amendments to the US Constitution
The process of amending the Constitution is long and difficult
Which of the following statements is true about amending the Constitution?
There are two ways to amend the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
a change to the United States Constitution
The statement below is a quote by Lee Hamilton, former member of the US Congress. The statement clearly deomonstrates Hamilton's position. What is that position? Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. Sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving."
a person who believes the amendment process is necessary.
Money or property an accused person gives a court to hold as a guarantee that he or she will appear for trial
bail
A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights
civil trial
The prosecution of a person twice for the same offense.
double jeopardy
Power of the government to take over private property for public use
eminent domain
reasonable grounds for making a search or seizure of property
probable cause
Testifying against oneself
self-incrimination
The reserved powers of the states were established by the
tenth amendment