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What is the first amendment
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
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What is the sixth amendment
Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
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What is the eleventh amendment
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State
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What is the sixteenth amendment
Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration
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What is the twenty-first amendment
This amendment ended the prohibition
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What is the second amendment
Right to bear arms
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What is the seventh amendment
If the amount of the civil lawsuit is $20 or more then you have the right to a jury
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What is the twelfth amendment
This amendment requires that a person must receive the majority of electoral votes to become the president
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What is the seventeenth amendment
This amendment says that citizens will vote on two senators from your state and they will serve 6 years
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What is the twenty-second amendment
This amendment limits the number of terms a president can serve to two
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What is the third amendment
Soldiers may not quarter in your house during war or at a time of peace
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What is the eighth amendment
Protection from overly excessive bail/fines and cruel and unusual punishment
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What is the thirteenth amendment
Slavery is outlawed
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What is the eighteenth amendment
This was the start of the prohibition
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What is the twenty-third amendment
This amendment gives DC the ability to vote in elections
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What is the fourth amendment
No search and seizure without a warrant or probable cause
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What is the ninth amendment
Your rights are not limited to those listed in the constitution
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What is the fourteenth amendment
Any person born in sovereign United States territory is thereby an American citizen by birth
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What is the nineteenth amendment
This amendment says that voting is not limited to your gender
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What is the twenty-fourth amendment
This amendment abolishes poll taxes which limited poor people from voting
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What is the fifth amendment
You cannot self-incriminate or be forced into incriminating yourself by officials
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What is the tenth amendment
Rights that the federal government doesn't have are then passed to the states
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What is the fifteenth amendment
The right to vote should not be limited depending on your race
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What is the twentieth amendment
If a president does not win reelection or can no longer run for reelection this limits the amount of time they stay in office before the next president takes power
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What is the twenty-fifth amendment
This amendment makes it so if the president can no longer run the office the vice president takes over
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