1. The Amendments
1-27

2. Amendment #1
Freedom of Speech

3. Amendment #1
Freedom of Religion

4. Amendment #1
Freedom of Press

5. Amendment #1
Freedom of Petition

6. Amendment #1
Freedom of Assembly

7. Amendment #2
Right to Bear Arms

8. Amendment #3
No Quartering Troops

9. Amendment #4
No illegal search and seizure

10. Amendment #5
Rights of the Accused:
No Double Jeopardy
No Self-Incrimination
Grand Jury
Eminent Domain Due Process of Law

11. Amendment #6
Right to Jury Trial
Confront Witnesses
Right to Counsel

12. Amendment #7
Right to Civil Trials over $20

13. Amendment #8
No Cruel or Unusual Punishment

14. Amendment #9
Other Rights: If we don’t address it in the
Constitution, assume you have the
right.
Amendment #10
State Rights: If rights are not addressed by
the national government, the states have
the right to grant the rights to you.

15. The Amendments
Amendment 11
 The Right to sue the government must be
granted to you (ask permission).
Amendment 12
 Settled the dispute of Electors in
Presidential Elections
 If no candidate receives enough electoral
votes, the House of Representatives will
choose the winner.

16. Civil War
Amendments
13th: Abolition of Slavery
14th: Citizen Rights
15th: Right to Vote – African-
Americans

17. Amendments
16th: Income Tax
17th: Direct Election of Senators
18th: Prohibition (No alcohol)
19th: Right to Vote: Women
20th: “Lame Duck” Amendment
21st: Repeal of Prohibition

18. Amendments
22nd: Limit of Presidential Terms
 2 full terms or 10 years total
23rd: Electors for the District of
Columbia
 3 voters for Presidential elections
 No representation
24th: Abolition of Poll Tax

19. Amendments
25th: Presidential Disability and
Succession
26th: Right to Vote – 18 years old
27th: Congressional Pay Limitation

20. Line of Succession
Vice President – Joe Biden
Speaker of the House of Representatives – John Boehner
President Pro Tempore of the Senate – Daniel Inouye
Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton
Secretary of the Treasury – Timothy Geithner
Secretary of Defense – Leon Panetta
Attorney General – Eric Holder
Secretary of the Interior – Ken Salazar
Secretary of Agriculture – Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce – Gary Locke
Secretary of Labor – Hilda Solis
Secretary of Health and Human Services – Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development – Shaun Donovan
Secretary of Transportation – Ray LaHood
Secretary of Energy – Stephen Chu
Secretary of Education – Arne Duncan
Secretary of Veterans Affairs – Eric Shinseki
Secretary of Homeland Security – Janet Napolitano