AMENDMENTSAMENDMENTS

The Constitution The Constitution would not have would not have been ratified been ratified

without the Bill of without the Bill of RightsRights

The First 10- Bill of The First 10- Bill of RightsRights

1.1. 1791- Protects the 1791- Protects the freedom of freedom of religion, speech, religion, speech, and the press, as and the press, as well as the right well as the right to assemble and to assemble and petition the petition the governmentgovernment

2. 1791: Right to 2. 1791: Right to keep and bear armskeep and bear arms

3. 1791: Prohibits the 3. 1791: Prohibits the forced quartering forced quartering of soldiers out of of soldiers out of war time war time

4. 1791- Prohibits unreasonable searches 4. 1791- Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable for search warrants based on probable causecause

5. 1791- Sets out rules for indictment by 5. 1791- Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and self-incrimination and double jeopardydouble jeopardy

6. 1791: Protects the right to a fair and 6. 1791: Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by juryspeedy public trial by jury

7. 1791: Provides for the right to trial by 7. 1791: Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to jury in certain civil cases, according to common lawcommon law

8. 1791: Prohibits 8. 1791: Prohibits excessive fines and excessive fines and excessive bail, as excessive bail, as well as cruel and well as cruel and unusual punishmentunusual punishment

9. Asserts the 9. Asserts the existence of existence of unenumerated unenumerated rights retained by rights retained by the people the people

10. 1791: Limits the 10. 1791: Limits the powers of the powers of the federal federal government to government to those delegated to those delegated to it by the it by the Constitution Constitution

11. 1798: Immunity 11. 1798: Immunity of states from suits of states from suits from out-of-state from out-of-state citizens and citizens and foreigners not foreigners not living within the living within the state bordersstate borders

12. 1804: Revised 12. 1804: Revised presidential presidential election procedures election procedures

13. 1865: Abolished slavery and 13. 1865: Abolished slavery and involuntary servitudeinvoluntary servitude

14. 1868: Defines citizenship and deals 14. 1868: Defines citizenship and deals with post–Civil War issues with post–Civil War issues

15. 1870: Prohibits the denial of 15. 1870: Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, suffrage based on race, color, or previous or previous condition of servitude condition of servitude

16. 1913: Allows the federal government to 16. 1913: Allows the federal government to collect income taxcollect income tax

17. 1913: Requires senators to be directly elected 17. 1913: Requires senators to be directly elected

18. 1919: Establishes Prohibition of alcohol18. 1919: Establishes Prohibition of alcohol

19. 1920: 19. 1920: Establishes Establishes women's women's suffragesuffrage

20. 1933: 20. 1933: Fixes the Fixes the dates of term dates of term commencements for commencements for CongressCongress (January 3) (January 3) and the Presidentand the President (January 20); known as (January 20); known as the "lame duck the "lame duck amendment"amendment"

21. 1933: Repeals 21. 1933: Repeals the Eighteenth the Eighteenth Amendment Amendment (Prohibition)(Prohibition)

22. 1951: Limits the 22. 1951: Limits the president to two president to two terms terms

23. 1961: Provides for representation of 23. 1961: Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral CollegeWashington, D.C. in the Electoral College

24. 1964: Prohibits the revocation of voting 24. 1964: Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxesrights due to the non-payment of poll taxes

25. 1967: defines the process of presidential 25. 1967: defines the process of presidential succession succession

26. 1971: Establishes 26. 1971: Establishes 18 as the national 18 as the national voting age voting age

27. 1992: Prevents 27. 1992: Prevents laws affecting laws affecting Congressional salary Congressional salary from taking effect from taking effect until the beginning until the beginning of the next session of of the next session of Congress Congress