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Amendments to U.S. Constitution

Amendments to U.S. Constitution . Amendment #3. homeowner rights to resist quartering (housing)of soldiers. Amendment #7. “common law ” trials, easy settlements by judge (involving $20+ value worth). Amendment #9. rights not in Const. are “ retained by the people”. Amendment #10.

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Amendments to U.S. Constitution

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  1. Amendments to U.S. Constitution

  2. Amendment #3 • homeowner rights to resist quartering (housing)of soldiers

  3. Amendment #7 • “common law” trials, easy settlements by judge (involving $20+ value worth)

  4. Amendment #9 • rights not in Const. are “retained by the people”

  5. Amendment #10 • FEDERALISM: powers not given to Nat. Govt. belong to states/people

  6. Amendment #13 • Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. SLAVERY * Abolished slavery upon end of the Civil War

  7. Amendment #14 • All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. EQUAL PROTECTION * Establish U.S. citizenship and equal protection of all citizens

  8. Amendment #15 • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude VOTING * Ensured African American men the right to vote

  9. Amendment #16 • The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration TAXES * Allowed the federal govt. to tax citizens on the amount of money they make

  10. Amendment #19 • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex VOTING * Ensured women the right to vote

  11. Amendment #26 • The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age VOTING * Ensures that citizens can vote at 18

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