Update: Here is the text of the 27 Amendments of the Constitution
By using mnemonics I memorized the basic meaning of each amendment to the constitution during my vacation week last week. I am going strictly by memory using tricks (like “no drinking at 18″,”you can drink at 21”, “in coming senators with wine and women” for (16-19)
1. Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Opinion, and Speech
2. The freedom to bear arms
3. No military in your home except in war time.
4. No unreasonable searches
5. The right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself
6. The right to a speedy and public trial
7. The right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 and over.
8. The right to fair fines and bail. No cruel and unusual punishment
9. Individual Rights. Rights that are not in the constitution are still rights given to citizens.
10. State Rights. Any right not given in the constitution is given to the states to legislate.
11. You cannot sue another state except with permission by that state’s judicial system.
12. The electoral college must have two separate elections for president and vice president
13. Emancipation. All slaves are free.
14. Foreign born citizens can vote
15. All men get the right to vote – including ex-slaves
16. The Federal Income Tax is established
17. The people elect their own US senators
18. Alcohol is prohibited
19. Women get the right to vote
20. January 20th is the day that a new president takes office
21. It is no longer illegal to drink Alcohol. The 18th amendment is struck down.
22. A president can only have 2 terms in office.
23. Washington DC can vote for the president
24. You may not charge people money so that they can register to vote.
25. Lays down the rules for who becomes president if the president dies/resigns etc.
26. You can vote at the age of 18.
27. Congressmen cannot vote to give themselves a raise in the same term.
Update: The book I used to memorize the gist of the 27 amendments is Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge The Book of Mnemonic Devices How to Remember All the Stuff You Ever Wanted to Know by Rod L Evans, Ph.D. – To The Moon highly recommends this book. For example: The Second Amendment – the Right 2 bear arms, not the right to arm bears.
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Thank you so much. i have a project on this and this really helps. would you happen to have the word for word amendments?
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thx this helps on the test so i can pass the 8th grade
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Amends
thank you so much, i have a project on this and it has helped me a lot !
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Draw your own pictures. Such as: 2 bears for “the right 2 bear arms”, a bouncer for “no drinking at 18”, etc. Constitutional Pictionary!
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I love this it is soooo much help but it dose need pics
you need pics to help put a mental note into heads how to remember the 27 amendments
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that’s not greedy that’s useful……. Like ways to remember the amendments………
other than the pics this has saved me many hours of reding the amendments and rewording it so thanks sooooooooooooooooooooo much really
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yeah that is so true….. It takes too much work to make those amendments smart enogh for 12th graders into dumb enough for middle school kids…..
Middle kids are nit dumb1 its you stupid high school kids that need pics for everything and ya im the dumb one. HA!
You rock I have to study the Amendments today and well you saved my life because I have a test tomorrow
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Thank you sooo much! You probbaly have like NO IDEA how much this list helped. I have a project on the amendments and this is just PERFECT. THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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i am only 13 and i know all the amendments
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i dissagree with the 14th amendment and microsoft word wont let me undo the double space >.<
as i learned it the 14th amendment granted former slaves citizenship
Why??? Well i think they should have too wait till they are like here for 20 years before they can vote…..
Rusty – the 14th amendment is far reaching and gives everyone that
1. Is born in the United States
2. Naturalized or becomes a United States Citizen (foreign born)
equal protection under the law as full citizens. So we are both right! All American born slaves became full citizens under the 14th amendment that starts out saying:
Section 1. 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.
hey um is the 5th amendment that also says you can’t be tried for the same crime twice i.e. double jepeordy
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this helped so much i just had to write all the amendments on index cards gracias much
this helped me on my project a bunch! except you should add pictures, that would be more helpful
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OK? but how did you memorize them? ur confusing me??
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you need to add hints like right to bear arm and a bear has to arms
the 18th amendment 18yr olds cant drink yet
but 21 yr olds can ect.
these r too simple there’s way more to some amendments than what u said
i thought amendment number 23 gave state funds for education
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I think this is actually a very good thing,but one little thing is missing……..pictures,it’s not that important because you can just go to another website anyways thnx very much……………
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1. Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Opinion, and Speech
2. The freedom to bear arms
3. No military in your home except in war time.
4. No unreasonable searches
5. The right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself
6. The right to a speedy and public trial
7. The right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 and over.
8. The right to fair fines and bail. No cruel and unusual punishment
9. Individual Rights. Rights that are not in the constitution are still rights given to citizens.
10. State Rights. Any right not given in the constitution is given to the states to legislate.
11. You cannot sue another state except with permission by that state’s judicial system.
12. The electoral college must have two separate elections for president and vice president
13. Emancipation. All slaves are free.
14. Foreign born citizens can vote
15. All men get the right to vote – including ex-slaves
16. The Federal Income Tax is established
17. The people elect their own US senators
18. Alcohol is prohibited
19. Women get the right to vote
20. January 20th is the day that a new president takes office
21. It is no longer illegal to drink Alcohol. The 18th amendment is struck down.
22. A president can only have 2 terms in office.
23. Washington DC can vote for the president
24. You may not charge people money so that they can register to vote.
25. Lays down the rules for who becomes president if the president dies/resigns etc.
26. You can vote at the age of 18.
27. Congressmen cannot vote to give themselves a raise in the same term.
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I HATE THE 13TH AMENDMENT!!!!!!
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Thanks for your service and gratitude i appreciate your help and now the cheesy proper stuff is over- YOUR OFF THE HEEZY MAN/WOMAN OR BOTH I DON’T JUDGE you know the first amendment ☺
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HOLA PEOPLE… I JUST NEED TO FIND WHAT AMENDMENT SUPPORTS ABORTION
ITS NOT LIKE I SUPPORT IT BUT IM JUST SEEING IT IN THE VIEWS OF PEOPLE WHO DO SUPPORT ABORTION…ITS QUITE BORING
AND GUESS WHAT…I HAVE A D IN S.S AND I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY CUZ WE AIN’T BEEN DOING ANYTHING LOL
ANYWAYS ANYBODY KNOW OF AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD support ABORTION???????
i do not agree with abortion its horrible, its like killing another just so you dont need to suferthrough the pain of labor, not to mention its there fault they went and got pregnant, its retarded and it should be outlawed obama needsto do something about it. im sorry if it dosent help just saying.
Rape victims don’t choose to be pregnant.
some people need to abort if it is a life-threatening situation. Also, some people don’t want to have kids.
ANYBODY???
ANYBODY AT ALL?????
There is no amendment that talks about abortion. You might want to look at the 1973 Roe V Wade Supreme Court Decision to see where the Supreme Court justices find a right for abortion, based on a right to privacy, which they find in the 14th amendment. I would recommend reading the decision and reading the 14th amendment to see if you agree or disagree.
its an individual right which is 9…and 10 after 3rd trimester, which is up to the courts in that state to permit an abortion
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It was a great help but it needs pics and cartoons. Also it was a very boring. Plus what does the 5 sections of amendment 1 mean?????
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Uhh, I don’t understand why everyone is freaking out and thanking you. So what, big deal. Who couldn’t do that? People, learn to read the actual amendments. You need to know the background and origin, or you’re just being ungrateful.
this has been really helpful to me , i forgot my notes at school and i just googled 27 amendments and this poped up and amazing i think i will actually get an A on the test
I am currently writing a speech containing all twenty-seven of the amendments, and you made it easy for me to cheat. Thank you.
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i like the 5th amendment because when people talk to you like the TEACHERS!!!!!! i dont have to say anything when they catch me doin something im not suppose to do.
i like the 1st amendment because we could say whatever the hell we want, but theres a limit on all of them. but i like the freedom of speech the most.
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i like these amendments, because if we didn’t have these amendments, people would go crazy, and do whatever the hell they want.
i like the 4th amendment because when a cop ask you if they could check your bag or home you could say no, then you can ask if they have a search warrant with them if they do you have to let them check your house or bag.
i think the only people that should vote is the people who lived in the U.S. or that is fully blooded americans. i am talkin about the 14th amendment.
i think the age of voting should be at the age of 16 so that they could have more votes. this is amendment 26.
But ur not a legal adult so the voting could be squed and by the way im only in 5th grade
Hi! these things help. i do have a difficult social studies assignment right now tho… i need to know which amendment supports or contradicts this: Your parents own a house. They invest hours of time and many thousands of dollars into it. The government can make your parents sell the house to them so a highway can be built on the land.
I would google eminent domain constitution
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wow. ok. so our History teacher gave us a paper to study over this stuff, and this is completely different. ughhh.:S
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Thank you for posting this. For homework I had to define the Amendments 14-21. So the teacher said turn to the back of the book and you’ll find the definitions there but instead of them being simplified it was the original word for word version. I was like “I’m not reading all of this and summing it all up into a sentence. That’s what the computers for!” BTW love the saying “in coming senators with wine and women” I’ll have to remember that for my test! Kudos!
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this hepled me thanks i have a really strict teacher Miss Craig who isnt married! ugh this helped thanks!
ok so i have to write a sentence to explain each amendment i need one for # 2 have any ideas?
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Can anybody say which amendment’s the best one? 😀
I think the first amendment is the best one! 😛
Or maybe the 19th amendment because it let’s women to vote. 😉
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Okay I am sorry for those random comments^^^ please forgive me!! I have an assignment on this—-> Make a timeline of the fifteen amendments you think are most important. Place them in order on the timeline with the dates they were ratified. Write a sentence for each, telling why you think each amendment is so important to us in our own time……………. Thanks for the amendments! I will complete my assignment and get an A+ inshallah 🙂
Hi! Thanks for this. Hubby and I were discussing the amendments tonight, and this really helped us wade through the “document speech” and boil it down to basics. Thanks so much!
Regarding amendment III…i think you are completely wrong. God bless.
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what is an example of number 11?
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Also amendment 3 is No Forced Quartering of Troops. Before the amendment soldiers could move in without permission from the owner, so now they must have permission to enter one’a home even during war.
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