1. 27 Amendments

2. Article V of the Constitution lays out the Amendment Process of
PROPOSAL
2/3 vote of both houses of Congress (27)
2/3 vote of the states to ask Congress to call a convention & vote on a proposed amendment.
RATIFICATION
3/4 vote of the 50 state legislatures (26)
3/4 vote of state ratifying conventions (1)

3. 1st amendment: A. Freedom of Religion: No establishment of a government religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
B. Freedom of Speech: Only protected speech. Not threats, hate speech, or slanderous attacks.
C. Freedom of the Press: Reporting the facts in order to be an unbiased watchdog of the government. NOT TO REPORT OPINIONS. MODERN DAY MEDIA HAS LOST A LOT OF CREDIBILITY
D. Freedom of Assembly: PEACEFULLY
E. Freedom of Petition: You can petition the government for a redress of greivances.

4. 2nd amendment: Right to bear arms: A necessity to have a well regulated militia in order to be a free state. Right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
3rd amendment: No quartering of troops
4th amendment: No illegal search and seizure of personal property. To search an officer needs a search warrant or probable cause. (explanation of warrants & probable cause)
5th amendment: Guarantees the right to a grand jury trial. (What is a grand jury?)
-No _______ _______. You cannot be tried for the same crime in the same court twice. (explanation of the different levels/types of courts)
No self-incrimination
Guarantees due process of law to be deprived of basic natural rights.
Eminent Domain (What is that???????)

5. 6th amendment: Guarantees a speedy, public trial by jury. Speedy
6th amendment: Guarantees a speedy, public trial by jury. Speedy? So I can go watch a court proceeding?
7th amendment: Guarantees a jury trial in civil cases over $20. (civil vs. criminal)
8th amendment: Outlawed excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
9th amendment: Unenumerated rights not listed out in the Constitution.
10th amendment: Rights not expressly given to the Federal government are reserved to the state governments. DECEMBER 15, 1791
11th amendment: A state cannot be sued in a federal court by a foreign country or one of its own residents. passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN??????
12th amendment: Created the current electoral college system to elect the President & VP. Explain the Election of The amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803, and was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures on June 15, 1804.

6. Civil War Amendments
13th amendment: outlawed slavery. Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865.
14th amendment: Extends due process to the states. Any right that the federal government gives, the states cannot take away. Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868
15th amendment: Gives the right to vote regardless of race. (Still no right to vote for women yet?) Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870

7. 16th amendment: Gives the right to Congress to tax income
16th amendment: Gives the right to Congress to tax income. Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913
17th amendment: Changes U.S. senators from being chosen by state legislatures to popular election from each state. Passed by Congress May 13, 1912, and ratified April 8, 1913, the 17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution
18th amendment: Prohibition. Outlawed sale, manufacture, & transportation of alcoholic beverages. The ratification of the 18th Amendment was completed on January 16th, 1919 and would take effect on January 17th, This amendment would later be repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933.

8. 19th amendment: Gave women the right to vote
19th amendment: Gave women the right to vote. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, The year is symbolic in that 1918 ended WWI in which women became a major part of the workforce & society outside the home but still did not have the right to vote.
20th amendment: Changed the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20. It moved the start and end dates for members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. Known as the LAME DUCK amendment because it shortened lame duck time.
21st amendment: Repealed the 18th amendment that started Prohibition was passed on January 16, The Twenty-first Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933.
Not a happy day for the mafia & Al Capone.

9. 22nd amendment: Limited the President to being elected for 2 terms or 10 years. (Why 10 years???) Passed by the United States Congress on March 21, 1947, the 22nd Amendment was later ratified on February 27, FDR Presidency was 4 times
23rd amendment: extends voting rights in presidential elections to District of Columbia residents giving D.C 3 electoral votes in the Presidential election. Passed by Congress June 16, Ratified March 29, Smallest possible number.
24th amendment: outlawed poll tax (5 states still allowed poll taxes) Proposed by Congress on August 27, 1962, the 24th Amendment was ratified within a year and a half, on January 23, 1964

10. 25th amendment: set forth succession rules (Vice-President takes over if President dies or resigns) relating to vacancies and disabilities of the office of the president and of the vice president. It was proposed by the U.S. Congress on July 6, 1965, and it was ratified on Feb. 10, 1967.
26th amendment: Vote at Age 18 instead of 21. Passed by Congress March 23, Ratified July 1, Time period was significant because of Vietnam soldiers.

11. 27th amendment: was first proposed on September 25, 1789 and Ratified May 7, The 27th Amendment requires that no change in compensation for a Representative or a Senator “shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. No mid-term Congressional pay raises.