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Bill of Rights

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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

THE AMENDMENT PROCESS – The supreme law of the land has proven very durable. The constitution has only been amended 27 times in over 200 years.

The Bill of Rights
The first TEN amendments to the US Constitution

PURPOSE: to safeguard citizens rights from a too powerful government.

IMPACT: Some states that were afraid to ratify the Constitution, approved the document with the addition of the Bill of Rights

Amendment Year Enacted Subject

1^st	1791	Personal and political freedoms (Freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, assembly)
2^nd	1791	Right to keep weapons
3^rd	1791	Quartering of troops
4^th	1791	Search and seizure; search warrants
5^th	1791	Rights of accused persons
6^th	1791	Speedy trial
7^th	1791	Jury trial
8^th	1791	Bails, fines, punishments
9^th	1791	Rights of the people
10^th	1791	Powers of the states
11^th	1798	Suits against states
12^th	1804	Election of president and vice president
13^th	1865	Abolition of slavery
14^th	1868	Rights of citizen; privileges and immunities, due process, and equal protection
15^th	1870	Extension of suffrage to black males
16^th	1913	Income tax
17^th	1913	Direct election of senators
18^th	1919	Prohibition on liquor
19^th	1920	Women’s suffrage
20^th	1933	Change in dates for presidential and congressional terms of office
21^st	1933	Repeal of prohibition
22^nd	1951	Two-term limit on presidential tenure
23^rd	1961	Right to vote in presidential elections for residents of the District of Columbia
24^th	1964	Poll tax banned in federal elections
25^th	1967	Presidential disability and succession
26^th	1971	Lowering of voting age to 18
27^th	1992	Legislative salaries