Protection against trial without indictment, double jeopardy, Self-incrimination

People retain rights not listed in the U.S. Constitution

Abolished slavery

Provides for popular election of United States senators (They used to be elected by state legislatures)

Repealed prohibition and voided the 18th

Presidential vacancy, disability, and inability; vice president appoints his new vice president with approval by a majority of both houses of Congress

Right to bear arms

Protection against housing soldiers in civilian homes

Protection against unreasonable search and seizure

Right to be informed of charges, right to a speedy trial, and the right to an attorney

Right to trial by jury

Protection against excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment

Powers not granted to the federal government in the Constitution belong to the states or the people

Individual cannot sue a state in federal courts

The Electoral College must cast separate ballots for president and vice president

All persons born or naturalized in the United States enjoy full rights. (grants citizenship to African Americans)

Protects the rights of Americans to vote in elections (extends suffrage); allows African American men the right to vote

Establishes Congress’s right to impose a federal income tax

Prohibition (later repealed by the 21st)

Women gain the right to vote (suffrage)

Changed the date the president takes office from March 4 to January 20

No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice

Gave residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections

Forbids taxing voters before they vote in national elections

18 year-olds are allowed to vote in federal and state elections

Prohibits Congress from voting itself mid-term pay raises

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