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Formal Amendments to the Constitution GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Methods of Formal Amendment
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Summaries of Constitutional Amendments
Amendment 1
Amendment 10
Amendment 19
Congress may not Violate the
freedom of religion, speech, press,
peaceable assembly, and petition.
Any power not given to the
Federal government by the
Constitution is a power of either
the state or the people.
Citizens are guaranteed the right to
vote, regardless of sex.
Amendment 2
Amendment 11
Amendment 20
Each state has the right to
maintain a militia. Individuals can
own and use weapons.
Citizens of a state or foreign
country may not sue another state
in federal court.
The President takes office on
January 20. Congressional terms
begin on January 3.
Amendment 3
Amendment 12
Amendment 21
The government may not
quarter/house soldiers in the
people’s homes.
The Electoral College will vote
separately for President and Vice
President.
This amendment repealed the 18th
amendment.
Amendment 4
Amendment 13
Amendment 22
The government may not search
or take a person’s property
without a warrant.
Slavery is outlawed in the United
States.
No President can be elected to
more than two terms or serve more
than ten years.
Amendment 5
Amendment 14
Amendment 23
A person may not be tried twice
for the same crime and does not
have to testify against him/herself.
States shall not deprive persons of
life, liberty, or property without
due process.
People living in Washington, D.C.
may vote in presidential elections.
Amendment 6
Amendment 15
Amendment 24
The accused have a right to a
speedy trial, an impartial jury, and
a lawyer.
Citizens are guaranteed the right to
vote regardless of race, color, or
status.
State may not require a poll tax of
voters.
Amendment 7
Amendment 16
Amendment 25
A person in a civil case is
guaranteed a trial by jury.
Congress has the right to set up an
income tax.
The Vice President will become
President if the President is
disabled.
Amendment 8
Amendment 17
Amendment 26
A person is protected from
excessive or unreasonable fines or
cruel and unusual punishment.
U.S. Senators are elected directly
by voters in each state.
Citizens who are at least 18 years
of age are guaranteed the right to
vote.
Amendment 9
Amendment 18
Amendment 27
The people have rights other than
those mentioned in the
Constitution.
Making or selling alcohol is
illegal.
Any pay raise for Congress does
not take effect until after the next
congressional election.