15 Important Amendments

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  • 3rd Amendment

    The third amendment prevents the government from placing troops in citizens houses.
  • 1st Amendment

    The first amendment gives us freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion
  • 2nd Amendment

    The second amendment gives us the right to bear arms or weapons.
  • 4th Amendment

    The fourth amendment prevent unreasonable search and seizure of property that belongs to US citizens.
  • 5th Amendment

    The fifth amendment saus that no one can be tried for a serious crime unless accused by a grand jury. It also says that no one can be punished without due process of law.
  • 6th Amendment

    The sixth amendment gives people the right to a speedy trial, to a legal counsel, and to confront their accusers.
  • 7th Amendment

    The seventh amendment gives citizens right to a jury trial.
  • 8th Amendment

    The eighth amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
  • 10th Amendment

    The tenth amendment gives powers not given to the United States goverment in the Constitution either to the states or the people.
  • 9th Amendment

    The ninth amendment says that no law or right in the Constitution can break other human rights not in the Constitution.
  • 13th Amendment

    The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery.
  • 14th Amendment

    The fourteenth amendment said that any person of any color born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
  • 15th Amendment

    The fifteenth amendment gave all men the right to vote.
  • 19th Amendment

    The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.
  • 26th Amendment

    The twenty-sixth amendment lowered the required age to vote from 21 to 18.