Review the Bill of Rights and the additional 17 Amendments. For each amendment you must include the number of the amendment, a summary of what it means, and the year it became an amendment.
1. freedom of speech, religion, and
press and freedom of peaceable assembly
means the government can't break up
peaceful meetings
means the government can't regulate
what you or the press says and they can't establish a national
religion,
date: Dec 15, 1791
2. right to bear arms
means the government can't take your
weapons from you
date: Dec 15, 1791
3. no quartering of soldiers
means that the government can't just
barge into your house to use it to house soldiers
freedom of peaceable assembly
date: Dec 15, 1791
4. no search and seizure without
warrant
means authorities need a search
warrant to seach you
date: Dec 15, 1791
5. the rights of the accused
lays out the rights of those accused
of something
date: Dec 15, 1791
6. ensures a quick trial
means the government can't lock you
away forever
date: Dec 15, 1791
7. right to trial by jury in civil
cases
mean that you will be judged by common
people in civil (state) cases
date: Dec 15, 1791
8. no cruel or unusual punnishment
means they can't cut you in half or
fine you a billion dollars
date: Dec 15, 1791
9. powers of the people
the rights of the people not in the
Constitution
date: Dec 15, 1791
10. states rights
the government only has power that has
been given to it by the states
date: Dec 15, 1791
11. lawsuits against states
states are immune from suits from
out-of-state people
date: March 4, 1794
12. deals with the ellection of the
president
tells the procedure of electing a
president (electoral college)
date: June 15, 1804
13. Abolish slavery
means no slavery
date: Dec 6, 1865
14. equal rights to all people
means men and women and all citizens
have equal rights
date: July 9, 1968
15. all races get to vote
means that regardless of race, you can
vote
date: Feb 3, 1870
16. congress can do income taxes
congress can get income taxes from you
date: Feb 3, 1913
17. how to ellect US senators
tells how you can elect US Senators by
popular vote
date: April 8, 1913
18. prohibits alcohol sales or
manufacture
alcohol is illegal to make or sell
date: Jan 16, 1919
19. all genders can vote
now women can vote too
Aug 18, 1920
20. when the prez and vice prez and
senators and representatives terms end and begin
we are garunteed to have a prez and
vice prez and senators and representatives at all times
date: Jan 23, 1933
21. repeals the 18th
amendment
means we can sell and manufacue
alcohol
date: Dec 5, 1933
22. prez can serve 2 terms
means that the prez can't be prez
forever and keep being relected
date: Feb 27, 1951
23. grants the district of collumbia
electors.
DC gets to vote as well for prez
date: march 29, 1961
24. prohibits revocation of voting
rights based on if you payed your taxes or not
keeps people from keeping voters from
voting
date: Jan 23, 1964
25. What happens when prez and vice
prez get iced?
Who replaces them if both can't serve
date: Feb 10, 1967
26. Voting age
18 and older can vote
date: July 1, 1971
27. laws affecting Congress that deal
with their salary takes effect after their term is over
means they can't pass laws that give
themselves pay raises
date: May 7, 1992
