what was the fifteenth ammendment?
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The text of this important and historic amendment to the U.S. Constitution has already been identified in previous posts, however the reasoning and legislative history has not.\n\nIt was ratified on February 3, 1870.\n\nThis amendment prohibits the states or the federal government from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a voting qualification. Its basic purpose was to enfranchise former slaves. But it was not really until the Voting Rights Act in 1965, almost a century later, that this purpose was actually achieved in all states.\n\nAfter the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, southern blacks voted in numbers that on a per capita basis would probably exceed black political participation today. On both a per capita and absolute basis, more blacks were elected to political office during the period from 1865 to 1880 than at any other time in American history. Although no state elected a black governor during Reconstruction, a number of state legislatures were effectively under the control of a substantial African American caucus. These legislatures brought in programs that are considered part of government's duty now, but at the time were radical, such as universal public education. They also set aside all racially biased laws, even those prohibiting interracial marriage.
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The main idea behind the 14th ammendment was an "incorporation" of the Bill of Rights into all of the state constitutions as well.\n\nHere is the crucial line:\n\n"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."\n\nSo clearly states are losing the rights to adapt the Bill of Rights in their own way, but personally I think this is a good and necessary thing.
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1.national territory\n2.Declaration of principles and state policies\n3.Bill of rights\n4.citizenship\n5.suffrage\n6.Legislative department\n7.executive department\n8.judicial department\n9.Constitutional Commissions\n10.local Government\n11.Accountability of public officers\n12.national economy and patrimony\n13.Social justice and human rights\n14.education, science and technology, arts\n15.the family\n16.general provisions\n17.amendments or revisions\n18 transitory provisions\n\nplz vote best answer...
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About 15 minutes ago.
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Amendment VIII (the Eighth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the U.S. Bill of Rights, prohibits excessive bail or fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. The phrases employed are taken from the English Bill of Rights.
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Depends on what you have discussed in class, really.  ratified in 1789, so you could use that date, but if you have covered Martial Law being instituted by Lincoln in 1861... that makes it dicey.\nLincoln did NOT suspend the constitution during this time, but Martial Law DID suspend Habeas Corpus, and some view that as not allowing the Constitution to be fully utilized, so you could discount 1861-1866 if you are so inclined.
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Well put. The Supreme Court interprets the first ammendment WRONG.
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You will find your answer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_revolution#The_Estates-General_of_1789\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Good question!\n\nI would say that third ammendment,which dictates the protection from quartering of troops in one's home. \n\nIt says that:\nNo Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. \n\nEssentially this ammendment has NEVER been used!  It was included because the quartering of soldiers in private residences was employed by the British as both a means of saving government funds and of supressing rebellion (didin't work).\n\nThe fact that it is the most underused amendment is a good thing in my opinion.\n\nProhibition was repealed and is thus no longer in the running or I would use that (in part because I am totally plastered right now).\n\nRegards,\n\nArmus
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The correct answer is the Bill of Rights.\n\nThe cruel and unusual punishment is in the 8th Amendment, the others are in the 5th.
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There should be a "Due" date per the judgement, that is the date (So 15 of every month due date would mean that interest is calculated thereafter if not received).
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African-Americans \nThe Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified March 30, 1870, provided that all male citizens were entitled to vote.\n\nWomen in 1926 on August 26th the right to vote was signed into law by the Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby \n\nEighteen year olds\nA third voting rights movement was the movement in the 1960s to require the voting age to be lowered to eighteen from twenty-one. This movement was given far greater impetus by the Vietnam War, as it was noted that most of the young men who were being drafted to fight in it were too young to have any voice in the selection of the leaders who were sending them to fight. This, too, had previously been a state issue, as several states, notably Georgia, Kentucky, and Hawaii, had already allowed voting at a younger age than twenty-one. The Twenty-sixth Amendment required all states to set their voting age at no higher than eighteen (as of 2006 no state has opted for an earlier age, although some have discussed it).
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Admendment 9\nOther Rights of the People (1791)\nThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.\n\nThe rightsof the people are not limited to thoses stated in the Constitution.\n\nUsing the quote you put in, it's the\n\nAdmendment 10 Powers of the States and the People (1791)\nThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.\n\nPowers not granted to the United States government and not forbidden to the states are left to the states or to the people.
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Amendment I\n\nCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.\n\nAmendment II\n\nA well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.\n\nAmendment III\n\nNo soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.\n\nAmendment IV\n\nThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.\n\nAmendment V\n\nNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.\n\nAmendment VI\n\nIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.\n\nAmendment VII\n\nIn suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.\n\nAmendment VIII\n\nExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.\n\nAmendment IX\n\nThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.\n\nAmendment X\n\nThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
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The Fifteen Amendment (passed in 1870) gives citizens the right to vote and not denied on the basis of race, color, previous condition of servitude.  \n\nThe Nineteenth Amendment (1920) gives citizens the right to vote and not denied on the basis of sex.
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The Constitution has a total of 27 amendments. The first ten, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified simultaneously. The following seventeen were ratified separately.\n\nTo learn more about the amendments click here\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution#Amendments
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None.  It was enacted as a response to the searches carried out by England which were the primary reason for the revolutionary wat.  England was issuing "writs of assistance" to customs officers to combat the growing problem of smuggling to avoid taxes paid to England.