1ST AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : gave the rights to religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2ND AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the right to bear arms (weapons and etc.)
3RD AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the quartering of the soldiers. (the right to have no military in your home except during war time.)
4TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the right to search and seize (search and seizure) (meaning no unreasonable searches)
5TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : contained grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and due process (basically the right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself.)
6TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the rights of accused in criminal trials/persecutions, rights to jury trial, to confront opposing witnesses, and to counsel. (which is basically a right to a speedy and public trial.)
7TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : jury trial rights (also a right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 or more)
8TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : protection against excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment (the right to fair fines and bails, along with no cruel or unusual punishment)
9TH AMENDMENT : ratified 1791 : the non-enumerated rights (individual rights. basically that rights that are not in the constitution are still rights given to citizens)
10TH AMENDMENT : state rights. any right not given to the constitution is given to the states in legislate.
11TH AMENDMENT : this meant that you could not sue another state except with permission by that state's judicial system.
12TH AMENDMENT : the electoral college must have two separate elections for president and vice president.
13TH AMENDMENT : emancipation, meaning that all slaves are free.
14TH AMENDMENT : meant that foreign born citizens can vote.
15TH AMENDMENT : all men have the right to vote, including ex-slaves.
16TH AMENDMENT :in which the Federal Income Tax is established.
17TH AMENDMENT : where people can elect their own U.S. senators
18TH AMENDMENT : in which alcohol is prohibited
19TH AMENDMENT : in which women get the right to vote
20TH AMENDMENT : in which they decide that January 20th is the day a President takes Office.
21ST AMENDMENT : in which they decide that alcohol is no longer illegal, and in which the 18th amendment is struck down.
22ND AMENDMENT : where they decide that a President can only have 2 terms in office.
23RD AMENDMENT : where Washington D.C. can vote for a President.
24TH AMENDMENT : you may not charge people money if they want to register to vote.
25TH AMENDMENT : lays down the rules for who becomes President if the President dies/resigns.
26TH AMENDMENT : where you can vote at the age of 18.
27TH AMENDMENT : in which Congressmen cannot vote to give themselves a raise in the same term.
At “show” trials during the Great Purge, suspects often admitted to fault even when they were completely innocent, in the hopes of receiving a reduced sentence or avoiding the labor camps in the East.
Hello
some effects of the increased cotton production in the southern states are -:
*increase in plantation.
*more profitable.
*High demand for slaves.
*Low pay.
Thanks
... Can we get the descriptions?
