Survey of United States Constitution and Government STUDY GUIDE

19th Amendment - 1920; gave women the right to vote. 24th Amendment - Banned poll taxes in primary and general elections for national office. Affirmative action - Any of a wide range of programs, from special recruitment efforts to numerical quotas, aimed at expanding opportunities for women and minority groups. Amendment 1 - Freedom of religion, expression, speech, the press, and to assemble. No government abridgment of speech or press; no government abridgment of peaceable assembly; no government abridgment of petitioning government for redress. No government establishment of religion; no government prohibition of free religious exercise. Amendment 2 - The right to bear arms. Amendment 3 - The housing of soldiers. Owner's consent necessary to quarter troops in private homes in peacetime; quartering during war must be lawful. Amendment 4 - Protection from unreasonable searches/seizures. Government cannot engage in unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants to search and seize require probable cause. Amendment 5 - Protection of rights to life, liberty, and property. No compulsion to testify against oneself in criminal cases. Serious crimes require a grand jury indictment; no repeated prosecution for the same offense; no loss of life, liberty, or property without due process; no taking of property for public use without just compensation. Amendment 6 - Rights of accused persons in criminal cases. Criminal defendants will have a speedy public trial by impartial local jury; defendants are informed of accusation; defendants may confront witnesses against them; defendants may use judicial process to obtain favorable witnesses; defendants may have legal assistance for their defense.