AP US History Amendments Flashcards
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| 6545042099 | 1st Amendment | Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition | 0 | |
| 6545042100 | 2nd Amendment | Right to bear arms | 1 | |
| 6545042101 | 3rd Amendment | The government can not force people to quarter troops in their homes | 2 | |
| 6545042102 | 4th Amendment | No unreasonable searches or seizures without a warrant | 3 | |
| 6545042103 | 5th Amendment | Rights of the accused- to remain silent, to plead the 5th, no double jeopardy | 4 | |
| 6545042104 | 6th Amendment | The right to a speedy public trial, a lawyer will be provided if you cannot afford one | 5 | |
| 6545042105 | 7th Amendment | Right to a Civil trial by jury over $20 | 6 | |
| 6545042106 | 8th Amendment | No excessive bail, fines, or unusual punishment | 7 | |
| 6545042107 | 9th Amendment | Peoples rights are not limited to just those listed in the Constitution | 8 | |
| 6545042108 | 10th Amendment | States have all the powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution | 9 | |
| 6545042109 | 11th Amendment | States do not have the power to extend the time a trial takes. If you commit a crime you have a trial set in the state, you commit the crime. | 10 | |
| 6545042110 | 12th Amendment | President and Vice President on same ballot. There will be an Electoral College system in each state with the winner take all system | 11 | |
| 6545042111 | 13th Amendment | Slavery is abolished 1865 | 12 | |
| 6545042112 | 14th Amendment | Anyone born in the U.S. or that is naturalized into the U.S. is a citizen. Citizens have rights that the government cannot take away. 1868 | 13 | |
| 6545042113 | 15th Amendment | Government cannot deny a citizen's right to vote because of race, religion, nation of origin, or sexual preference. 1870 | 14 | |
| 6545042114 | 16th Amendment | There is a national income tax 1913 | 15 | |
| 6545042115 | 17th Amendment | Each state will have two Senators who will be directly elected by the voters every six years. 1913 | 16 | |
| 6545042116 | 18th Amendment | Prohibition- no manufacturing, sale, or importing of alcoholic beverages into the U.S. 1919 | 17 | |
| 6545042117 | 19th Amendment | Suffrage- women are granted the right to vote 1920 | 18 | |
| 6545042118 | 20th Amendment | "Lame Duck Amendment" Now the Congress term begins January 3rd and the President is inaugurated on January 20th at noon by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | 19 | |
| 6545042119 | 21st Amendment | Repeal of the 18th Amendment "Prohibition" 1933 | 20 | |
| 6545042120 | 22nd Amendment | No President can serve more than two terms of 4 years or 10 years total 1951 | 21 | |
| 6545042121 | 23rd Amendment | District of Columbia receives 3 electoral votes for presidential elections 1961 | 22 | |
| 6545042122 | 24th Amendment | No one can be denied the right to vote by a state by reasons of poll tax, or literacy test, or any other tax 1964 | 23 | |
| 6545042123 | 25th Amendment | Presidential Succession - Vice President - Speaker of the House, Tempore of the Senate | 24 | |
| 6545042124 | 26th Amendment | 18 year olds receive the right to vote - Vietnam War 1971 | 25 | |
| 6545042125 | 27th Amendment | Pay raise for Congress (House or Senate) shall not take effect until after the next election 1992 | 26 |