{ 27 Amendments Review
Protects against “unreasonable search and seizure” Fourth Amendment
Powers not granted to the national government are reserved for the people Tenth Amendment
Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving common law Seventh Amendment
Guarantees freedoms of religious speech, assembly, and press and the right of people to petition the government First Amendment
Restricts quartering of troops in private homes Third Amendment
Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment Eighth Amendment
Protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms Second Amendment
Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury Sixth Amendment
Assures the right not to be deprived of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”, including protection against double jeopardy and self-incrimination Fifth Amendment
Provides that people’s rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8 Ninth Amendment
Rights of All Citizens Fourteenth Amendment
Prohibits the manufacture, sale or transport of alcohol Eighteenth Amendment
“Lame Duck” Amendment Twentieth Amendment
Congress has the power to levy individual income taxes Sixteenth Amendment
Women Suffrage Nineteenth Amendment
Prohibits a state from being sued in federal court by citizens of another state or of another nation Eleventh Amendment
Prohibits Slavery Thirteenth Amendment
Prohibits the government from denying a person’s right to vote based on race Fifteenth Amendment
Election of President and Vice President Twelfth Amendment
Direct Election of Senators Seventeenth Amendment
Repeal of Prohibition Amendment Twenty-first Amendment
Restraint on Congressional Salaries Twenty-seventh Amendment
Presidential Disability and Succession Twenty-fifth Amendment
Abolition of Poll Tax Twenty-fourth Amendment
Voting Age to 18 years old Twenty-sixth Amendment
Presidential Electors of the District of Columbia Twenty-third Amendment
Limit on terms a president can hold Twenty-Second Amendment