Pg. 53 Amendments I-III 1. Assembly: Right to gather in a group. Petition: Right to ask gov’t to change things. Quartering: Housing of soldiers. 2. Felt a statement of rights “written guarantee” was needed. 3. Speech, religion, press, assembly, petition. 4. Right to bear arms. 5. Quartering soldiers. 6. No, it is considered a threat.

Pg. 55: Amendments IV-VI 1. Document issued by a judge to the sheriff for the purpose of getting evidence. 2. Arresting someone suspected of a crime. 3. Group of people who decide if there is enough evidence for a trial. 4. Formal charge or accusation. 5. Tried twice for the same crime

Pg. 57: Amendments VII-X 1. Group of peers 2. Trial by jury 3. Bail that does not fit the crime. 4. Torture (opinion). 5. Excessive bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment. 6. Given to people. 7. State,

Pg. 59 Amendments XI-XV , 1804, 1865, 1868, Voted on separate ballots. 3. Civil War 4. Slavery 5. All Americans, regardless of race. 6. Right to vote. 7. African-Americans

Pg.61: Amendments XVI-XXI 1. A law forbidding something , 1913, 1919, 1920, 1933, Establish income tax 4. State legislatures, “people” 5. Unsafe, “hazard to society” Women 8. Changed the dates that elected officials took office.

Pg. 63: Amendments XXII-XXVII , 1961, 1964, 1967, 1971, two 3. Washington D.C yr. olds 5. Poll tax 6. President must appoint someone, Congress authorizes Salary increases will not take effect until next session yrs.

13 th Amendment Abolishes slavery: 1865

14 th Amendment All persons born or naturalized in the United States, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

How was segregation allowed to continue after ratification of the 14 th amendment? “Separate but equal” Eventually overturned by Brown v. BOE

Loving v. Virginia (1967) Court found Virginia's law to violate the Equal Protection Clause

15 th Amendment “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged (shorten) by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Were all African- Americans allowed to vote after the ratification of the 15 th amendment??

“Do you know I've never voted in my life, never been able to exercise my right as a citizen because of the poll tax?” - Mr. Trout ‘44

The Poll Tax Prevented many African-Americans from voting (disenfranchised). Circumvented the 15 th amendment. Adopted by many Southern states. Literacy Test *Grandfather Clause

24 th Amendment People cannot be made to pay a poll tax before they are allowed to vote (‘64). Nothing is so valuable as liberty, and nothing is so necessary to liberty as the freedom to vote without bans or barriers…There can be no one too poor to vote.

19 th Amendment (1920) Women's suffrage

26 th Amendment (‘71) Age to serve Country: 18 Age to Vote: 21?? 26 th amendment est. 18 yrs. old as the voting age