27 Amendments Flashcards – What Each One Does, to Print

All 27 cards

Bill of Rights, 1 to 10 10

1st Amendment Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition. Ratified 1791.
2nd Amendment The right of the people to keep and bear arms. Ratified 1791.
3rd Amendment No soldier housed in a home in peacetime without the owner's consent. Ratified 1791.
4th Amendment No unreasonable searches or seizures; a warrant needs probable cause. Ratified 1791.
5th Amendment No double jeopardy, no forced testimony against yourself, due process of law. Ratified 1791.
6th Amendment A speedy, public trial by jury, with witnesses and a lawyer for the accused. Ratified 1791.
7th Amendment Civil suits over more than twenty dollars can go before a jury. Ratified 1791.
8th Amendment No excessive bail or fines, and no cruel and unusual punishments. Ratified 1791.
9th Amendment Listing some rights in the Constitution does not deny others the people keep. Ratified 1791.
10th Amendment Powers not given to the United States belong to the states or to the people. Ratified 1791.

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Amendments 11 to 27 17

11th Amendment Federal courts may not hear a suit against a state by citizens of another state. Ratified 1795.
12th Amendment Electors cast separate ballots for president and for vice president. Ratified 1804.
13th Amendment No slavery or forced labor, except as the sentence for a crime. Ratified 1865.
14th Amendment Citizenship by birth or naturalization, due process and equal protection. Ratified 1868.
15th Amendment The right to vote may not be denied because of race or color. Ratified 1870.
16th Amendment Congress may tax incomes without dividing the tax among the states. Ratified 1913.
17th Amendment The people of each state elect its two senators. Ratified 1913.
18th Amendment Banned making, selling and transporting alcoholic drinks. Ratified 1919, repealed 1933.
19th Amendment The right to vote may not be denied because of sex. Ratified 1920.
20th Amendment The president's term begins on January 20, the terms of Congress on January 3. Ratified 1933.
21st Amendment Repealed the 18th Amendment. Ratified 1933.
22nd Amendment No one may be elected president more than twice. Ratified 1951.
23rd Amendment Gives the District of Columbia electors for president and vice president. Ratified 1961.
24th Amendment No poll tax or other tax as a condition of voting in federal elections. Ratified 1964.
25th Amendment The vice president becomes president if a president dies, resigns or is removed. Ratified 1967.
26th Amendment Citizens aged 18 or older may not be denied the vote because of age. Ratified 1971.
27th Amendment A change in the pay of Congress waits until after the next House election. Ratified 1992.

How this list was compiled: Own work: one card for each of the 27 amendments to the Constitution of the United States, with our own short line on what it does. On 2026-10-13 every line and every year of ratification was read against the transcripts kept by the National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript for amendments 1 to 10 and https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27 for the rest, and against the table of ratified amendments at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States. A card gives the main point of an amendment, not its whole text; several amendments have more sections than one line can hold. A study aid for class, not legal advice. Licence: own work

How it works

These 27 amendments flashcards cover every amendment to the US Constitution. The front gives a number, such as 19th Amendment. The back gives what it does in a few words, women's vote, then one plain line and the year ratified.

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10 amendments flashcards: the Bill of Rights, then 11 to 27

The Bill of Rights set holds amendments 1 to 10, all ratified in 1791, from the five freedoms of the 1st to the reserved powers of the 10th. Amendments 11 to 27 runs from 1795 to 1992. Voting amendments pulls out the six about elections and who may vote.

All 27 on three sheets

Turn a card and the print button comes up under it: 12 cards to a sheet of Letter or A4. The Bill of Rights set fits one sheet. Printed on both sides and flipped on the long edge, ended slavery lands behind 13th Amendment.

The 13th, 14th and 15th, ratified from 1865 to 1870, are known as the Reconstruction Amendments.
Two amendments were ratified in 1913, the 16th and 17th, and two in 1933, the 20th and 21st.
A card gives the main point only. The 14th has five sections and the 25th four.

Questions and answers

What are the first 10 amendments called?

The Bill of Rights. All ten were ratified on December 15, 1791. They protect freedoms such as religion, speech and the press, and the rights of a person accused of a crime.

Which amendments are about voting?

The 15th, 19th and 26th say the vote may not be denied because of race, sex or age from 18. The 24th bars poll taxes in federal elections, the 17th has voters elect senators, and the 23rd gives the District of Columbia electors.

Which amendment was repealed?

The 18th, which banned making, selling and transporting alcoholic drinks. Ratified in 1919, it was repealed by the 21st in 1933. No other amendment has been repealed.

When was the last amendment ratified?

The 27th, in 1992. Congress proposed it on September 25, 1789, together with the amendments that became the Bill of Rights, so it waited more than 202 years.