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American Constitutional Amendments

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Amendment XIX

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Gives women the right to vote.

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Amendment VII

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Right to a jury trial in civil cases.

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Amendment XV

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Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Amendment I

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Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

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Amendment XII

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Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents.

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Amendment XVII

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Established the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

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Amendment XXIII

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Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.

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Amendment XXIV

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Abolishes the poll tax in federal elections.

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Amendment XXI

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Repeals the 18th Amendment and makes it legal to manufacture and sell alcohol in the United States.

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Amendment VIII

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Protection against excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

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Amendment IV

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Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

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Amendment XXII

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Limits the president to two terms or a maximum of ten years in office.

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Amendment VI

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Right to a fair trial, including speedy trial, public trial, impartial jury, notice of accusation, confront witnesses, compulsory process, and right to counsel.

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Amendment XI

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Judicial limits. States cannot be sued by out-of-state citizens or foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.

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Amendment II

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Right to bear arms.

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Amendment IX

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Rights retained by the people, even if they are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

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Amendment V

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Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.

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Amendment X

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Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

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Amendment XVI

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Allows the federal government to collect income tax.

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Amendment XX

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Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms, known as the 'Lame Duck Amendment.'

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Amendment XIV

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Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.

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Amendment XVIII

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Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States (Prohibition).

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Amendment III

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No quartering of soldiers.

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Amendment XIII

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Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

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Amendment XXVI

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Sets the voting age at 18 years old.

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Amendment XXV

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Addresses presidential succession, vacancy in the vice presidency, presidential inability, and procedures for a president to declare an inability to discharge their duties.

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Amendment XXVII

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Prevents laws affecting congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress.

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