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All 27 Amendments
What each of the 27 amendments to the Constitution says, with the year of ratification.
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- 1st Amendment (1791)AmendmentFreedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
- 2nd Amendment (1791)AmendmentThe right to keep and bear arms
- 3rd Amendment (1791)AmendmentLimits quartering soldiers in private homes
- 4th Amendment (1791)AmendmentProtects against unreasonable searches and seizures
- 5th Amendment (1791)AmendmentDue process, no double jeopardy, no forced self-incrimination
- 6th Amendment (1791)AmendmentRights of the accused: speedy public trial, jury, lawyer
- 7th Amendment (1791)AmendmentRight to a jury trial in many civil cases
- 8th Amendment (1791)AmendmentNo excessive bail or fines; no cruel and unusual punishment
- 9th Amendment (1791)AmendmentRights not listed are still kept by the people
- 10th Amendment (1791)AmendmentPowers not given to the federal government belong to states or the people
- 11th Amendment (1795)AmendmentLimits suing a state in federal court by citizens of other states
- 12th Amendment (1804)AmendmentElectors vote separately for president and vice president
- 13th Amendment (1865)AmendmentEnded slavery in the United States
- 14th Amendment (1868)AmendmentCitizenship for all born in the US; equal protection and due process for all persons
- 15th Amendment (1870)AmendmentVoting rights cannot be denied because of race
- 16th Amendment (1913)AmendmentAllows Congress to collect an income tax
- 17th Amendment (1913)AmendmentSenators are elected directly by the people
- 18th Amendment (1919)AmendmentProhibited making and selling alcohol
- 19th Amendment (1920)AmendmentWomen have the right to vote
- 20th Amendment (1933)AmendmentSets the start dates for presidents' and Congress's terms; the 'lame duck' amendment
- 21st Amendment (1933)AmendmentRepealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition
- 22nd Amendment (1951)AmendmentLimits a president to two elected terms
- 23rd Amendment (1961)AmendmentGives Washington, DC electoral votes for president
- 24th Amendment (1964)AmendmentBans poll taxes in federal elections
- 25th Amendment (1967)AmendmentExplains what happens if a president cannot serve, and fills vice presidential vacancies
- 26th Amendment (1971)AmendmentLowered the voting age to 18
- 27th Amendment (1992)AmendmentCongress's pay changes cannot take effect until after the next election
- Which amendments ended slavery and protected rights after the Civil War?AmendmentThe 13th, 14th and 15th, called the Reconstruction Amendments
- Which amendments expand voting rights?Amendment15th (race), 19th (women), 23rd (DC), 24th (no poll tax), 26th (age 18)
- Which amendment created the income tax?AmendmentThe 16th
- Which amendment is Prohibition?AmendmentThe 18th (it was repealed by the 21st)
- Which is the only amendment that repealed another?AmendmentThe 21st repealed the 18th
- Which amendment lowered the voting age?AmendmentThe 26th
- Which amendment gave women the vote?AmendmentThe 19th
- Which amendment has the Due Process Clause for states?AmendmentThe 14th
- Which amendment limits the president to two terms?AmendmentThe 22nd
- Which amendments make up the Bill of Rights?AmendmentThe first ten
- How long did the 27th Amendment take to ratify?AmendmentOver 200 years: proposed in 1789, ratified in 1992
- How many amendments were proposed by Congress and ratified?AmendmentTwenty-seven have been ratified
- Who proposes amendments?AmendmentTwo-thirds of Congress, or a convention requested by two-thirds of states
- Who ratifies amendments?AmendmentThree-fourths of the states
- Does the president sign amendments?AmendmentNo; the president has no formal role in ratifying them
- Equal protection clauseAmendmentPart of the 14th Amendment requiring states to treat people equally under the law
- Birthright citizenshipAmendmentThe 14th Amendment says people born in the US are citizens
- Direct electionAmendmentVoters choose a leader without electors, as with senators after 1913
- Poll taxAmendmentA fee to vote, banned in federal elections by the 24th Amendment
- Lame duckAmendmentAn official whose term is ending after an election; the 20th Amendment shortened that period
- Inauguration dateAmendmentJanuary 20, set by the 20th Amendment
- Electoral votes for DCAmendmentThree, granted by the 23rd Amendment
- SuffrageAmendmentThe right to vote
- ProhibitionAmendmentNational ban on alcohol, 1920-1933
- RepealAmendmentTo cancel a law or amendment
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