AMENDMENTS NOTES
The Bill of Rights (first 10 Amendments!!!)
1st Amendment (RAPPS)
-Freedom of Religion
-Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Press
- Freedom of Petition
- Freedom of Speech
2nd Amendment
- Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
- Right not to quarter soldiers
4th Amendment
- Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment
- indictment by a grand jury: formally charged for a serious crime
** a grand jury does not decide if a person is guilty or innocent; they
only decide if there is enough evidence to try the suspect in court!!!!!!
- no double jeopardy: a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
- right to remain silent (no self incrimination): a person does not have to
testify against themselves
- due process of law must be followed for everyone
- eminent domain: the government has the right to take private property,
usually land, for public use
6th amendment
- guarantees a trial by jury
- guarantees a public and speedy trial
- the accused must be told the exact charge against them
- the accused have the right to hear and question all witnesses against
them and call witnesses in their own defense
- right to a lawyer
7th Amendment
- right to a jury trial in civil cases where the amount is more than $20
8th Amendment
- no excessive bail ( a sum of money used as a security deposit; if the
person shows up to court the bail money is returned to them; if the person
does not show up for court they do not get their money back)
- no cruel and unusual punishment
9th Amendment
- citizens have rights beyond what is written in the constitution
- example: privacy
10th Amendment
- any powers not given to the national government are reserved for the
states (reserved powers!!!)
Amendments 11-27
11th - A State cannot be sued by a citizen of a foreign state (another
country)
12th - The President and Vice President will be elected on separate ballots
13th - Abolishes (forbids) Slavery
14th - Defines citizenship (“the law of the soil” and “the law of the blood”)
- States cannot deprive citizens of life, liberty, and property
- States must uphold due process
15th - Right to vote cannot be denied because of Race, Color, nor Previous
Status of Servitude (former slaves have the right to vote)
16th - Authorizes income taxes
17th - Senators are elected directly by the voters in each state
18th - Outlawed the making, selling, transporting, and exporting of alcoholic
beverages.
- This Amendment was repealed (canceled) by the 21st Amendment
19th - Women’s Suffrage (women’s right to vote)
- No person should be denied the right to vote based on their sex
20th - The President’s term was changed to begin on Jan. 20
- Congress begins their term on Jan. 3
- This Amendment is sometimes called the “lame duck” amendment
because a person defeated (the lame duck) now remains the President
less time after his/her defeat.
21st - Repealed the 18th Amendment
22nd - A president can only serve for 2 terms (or a maximum of 10 years)
23rd
- District of Columbia is given 3 electoral votes (the same as the
least populous state)
24th - Prohibits federal and state governments from requiring a tax to vote
(poll tax).
25th - Presidential Succession
- Filling the vacancy of Vice President by the new President
26th - Voting age set at 18 years old.
27th - Limits congressional pay raises
The Bill of Rights (first 10 Amendments!!!)
1st
Amendment (RAPPS)
-Freedom of R_____________
-Freedom of A______________
- Freedom of P____________
- Freedom of P______________
- Freedom of S_____________
2nd Amendment
- Right to bear _______
3rd Amendment
- Right not to quarter _________
4th Amendment
- Freedom from unreasonable ____________ and __________
5th Amendment
- indictment by a __________ jury: formally charged for a serious crime
** a grand jury does not decide if a person is guilty or innocent; they only decide if there is
enough _____________ to try the suspect in court!!!!!!
- no double _______________: a person cannot be tried ________ for the same crime
- right to remain silent (no self incrimination): a person does not have to testify against
themselves
- due process of law must be followed for everyone
- eminent __________: the government has the right to take private property, usually land, for public
use
6th amendment
- guarantees a trial by _________
- guarantees a public and ______________ trial
- the accused must be told the exact charge against them
- the accused have the right to hear and question all ___________ against them and call witnesses in
their own defense
- right to a ___________
7th Amendment
- right to a jury trial in _________ cases where the amount is more than $20
8th Amendment
- no excessive ________ ( a sum of money used as a security deposit; if the person shows up to
court the bail money is returned to them; if the person does not show up for court they do not get their
money back)
- no cruel and unusual ___________________
9th Amendment
- ______________ have rights beyond what is written in the constitution
- example: privacy
10th Amendment
- any powers not given to the national government are reserved for the states (_____________
powers!!!)
Amendments 11-27
11th
- A _________ cannot be __________ by a citizen of a foreign state (another country)
12th
- The ___________ and Vice President will be elected on _____________ ballots
13th
- Abolishes (forbids) ___________
14th
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- Defines _______________ (“the law of the soil” and “the law of the blood”)
States cannot deprive citizens of life, liberty, and property
States must uphold due process
15th
- Right to _____________ cannot be denied because of Race, Color, nor Previous Status of
Servitude (former slaves have the right to vote)
16th
- Authorizes income __________
17th
- ______________ are elected directly by the voters in each state
18th
- Outlawed the making, selling, transporting, and exporting of ______________ beverages.
- This Amendment was repealed (canceled) by the 21st Amendment
19th
- Women’s __________ (women’s right to vote)
- No person should be denied the right to vote based on their _____
20th
- The President’s term was changed to begin on Jan. ____
- Congress begins their term on Jan. 3
- This Amendment is sometimes called the “______ ______” amendment because a person
defeated (the lame duck) now remains the President less time after his/her defeat.
21st
- Repealed (canceled) the ____th Amendment
22nd - A president can only serve for ____ terms (or a maximum of ___ years)
23rd - District of Columbia is given ____ electoral votes (the same as the least populous state)
24th
- Prohibits federal and state governments from requiring a _____ to _____ (poll tax).
25th
- _______________ Succession
- Filling the vacancy of Vice President by the new President
26th
- Voting age set at _____ years old.
27th
- Limits congressional ______ raises