twenty second | | Establishes that peoples rights are not limited to those mentioned in the constitution. |
nineteenth | | Changes the procedure for electing the president and vice president. |
fourteenth | | Establishes the process in which changes in the salaries of member congress are handled. |
twenty seventh | | Suffrage no longer restricted by race. |
second | | The right to keep and bear arms. |
first | | Protects the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. |
seventh | | The right given directly to the people to elect senators to prevent corrupt senators and improve state government. |
thirteenth | | Established the nation wide voting age of 18 years old. |
fourth | | Banned the production, sale or consumption of alcohol. (prohibition) |
sixth | | Ensures that a lawsuit by an American citizen against a state must be tried in a state court and cant be tried in a federal court. |
ninth | | Protects the accused from self incrimination and double jeopardy also granting the right of due process. |
eighth | | Established to penalize southern states who refused Africans the right to vote and to prevent former confederate leaders from serving in the government. |
twelfth | | Protects the accused from cruel and unusual punishment. |
eighteenth | | Established succession plans to take effect during presidency. |
tenth | | Limits the power of the federal government. |
fifth | | Established a national ban on slavery. |
twentieth | | Establishing the freedoms of religion, speech and press also granting the rights to petition and to assemble. |
third | | Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College. |
twenty sixth | | Limits the president to only two terms in office. |
eleventh | | Prevents the quartering of soldiers in private houses during times of peace or war. |
sixteenth | | Established nation wide woman's suffrage. |
twenty fourth | | Establishing January 20th as the official inauguration day to fix the delay in between the inauguration of the president and vice president. |
twenty first | | Established an end to the requirement of the poll tax to vote. |
seventeenth | | Lifted the state and local ban on alcohol voiding the 18th amendments prohibition laws. |
fifteenth | | Allows an income tax but banned a federal income tax. |
twenty fifth | | The right to trial by jury in civil cases. |
twenty third | | The right to a fair and speedy public trial. |