The Bill of Rights and Amendments Playlist
1st Amendment | What is the First Amendment?
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The 1st amendment protects freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press
2nd Amendment | What is the Second Amendment?
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The 2nd amendment protects the right to legally bear arms and possess weapons for protection for citizens of the United States
3rd Amendment | What is the Third Amendment?
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The 3rd amendment protects citizens from quartering soldiers or military service members in times of war or peace without consent.
4th Amendment | What is the Fourth Amendment?
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The 4th amendment protects citizens against unlawful and unreasonable search and seizures from the government
5th Amendment | What is the Fifth Amendment?
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The 5th amendment protects citizens against self-incrimination or testifying against oneself in court through due process of law
6th Amendment | What is the Sixth Amendment?
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The 6th amendment protects citizens as criminal defendants to have a right to a speedy and public trial with a lawyer and jury of peers
7th Amendment | What is the Seventh Amendment?
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The 7th amendment protects citizens rights to a trial by jury for civil cases or non-criminal cases like trials against businesses
8th Amendment | What is the Eighth Amendment?
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The 8th amendment protects citizens against excessive bail and fines and protects against cruel and unusual punishment
10th Amendment | What is the Tenth Amendment?
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The 10th amendment lists all powers not delegated in the Constitution to the states and the people of the states
11th Amendment | What is the Eleventh Amendment?
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The 11th amendment protects states from being sued by citizens of another state and foreign individuals or people from other countries
12th Amendment | What is the Twelfth Amendment?
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The 12th amendment separates Electoral College votes for President and Vice President, forcing members to cast a vote for each office
13th Amendment | What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
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The 13th amendment is the first Reconstruction amendment. It ended slavery in the United States except for a crime.
14th Amendment | What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
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The 14th amendment is the second Reconstruction amendment establishing citizenship for all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
15th Amendment | What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
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The 15th amendment is the third Reconstruction amendment. It establishes enfranchisement for African American men
16th Amendment | What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
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In simple terns, the 16th amendment grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes from the citizens and states of the United States
17th Amendment | What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
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The 17th amendment limits the members of the Senate for each state to only allow two Senators per state or U.S. territory
18th Amendment | What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
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The 18th amendment prohibited the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the Progressive Era
19th Amendment | What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
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The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The amendment was passed in June 1919 and ratified in August 1920
20th Amendment | What is the Twentieth Amendment?
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The 20th amendment sets congressional and presidential terms as January 3rd and January 20th at the completion of a term limit
21st Amendment | What is the Twenty-First Amendment?
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The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment and ended prohibition allowing the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States
22nd Amendment | What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?
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The 22nd amendment limited presidential terms to two terms after Franklin D. Roosevelt ran and was elected to four presidential terms
24th Amendment | What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
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The 24th amendment prohibits states from instituting a poll tax for citizens during voting in federal elections
25th Amendment | What is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?
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The 25th amendment details the line of succession if a President dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is disabled.
26th Amendment | What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
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The 26th amendment grants citizens aged eighteen and older the right to vote in federal, state, and local elections
27th Amendment | What is the Twenty-Seventh Amendment?
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The 27th amendment limits Congressional pay increases during a congressional term until after an election and a new congressional term