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 Amendment 1 |
Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government
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 Amendment 2 |
Protects an individual's right to bear arms
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 Amendment 5 |
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
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 Amendment 6 |
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel
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 Amendment 13 |
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
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 Amendment 14 |
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 15 |
Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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 Amendment 16 |
Allows the federal government to collect income tax
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Amendment 18
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Establishes Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by Twenty-first Amendment)
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 Amendment 19 |
Establishes women's suffrage
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 Amendment 21 |
Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment Alcohol is OK
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 Amendment 23 |
Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
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 Amendment 25 |
Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession
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Amendment 26 18
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Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old.
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