Amendment 1-Freedom of expression.
Amendment 2-Protects amendment 1.
Amendment 3-The family can protect itself, thank you very much.
Amendment 4-Don't touch my stuff without a good reason.
Amendment 5, 6, 7, 8-Citizens' rights before, during, and after a trial.
Amendment 9-Rights are not limited to the one's listed above.
Amendment 10-States should have power too (federalist influence).
Amendment 11-Don't sue the state too much please.
Amendment 12-Change the electoral college.
Amendment 13, 14, 15-Slaves-->voting.
Amendment 16-Income tax (people "usually" start working when they're 16).
Amendment 17-You want to tax us senators? Then we get to choose who our senators are!
Amendment 18-No alcohol for you young grasshopper. (Drinking age is 21, not 18)
Amendment 19-Women helped to eliminate alcohol, so they can vote too.
Amendment 20-Women voting is lame! (lame duck clause)
Amendment 21-People get to drink again! (Drinking age is 21)
Amendment 22-2 term limit for president. (amendment 22, 2 terms? get it? haha)
Amendment 23-3 electoral votes for DC.
Amendment 24-10 amendments after the average of the black rights amendments, there are no more poll taxes, which were used to keep blacks from voting.
Amendment 25-Presidential disability (25=quarter of 100, which is really awesome [this was random but stuck with me while memorizing the amendments...])
Amendment 26-Voting age lower to 18! Whoo!
Amendment 27-Congressional pay raise.
Disclaimer-This is in no way, shape, or form trying to be sexist, racist, or any other "ist's." It's simply a simple way for me to memorize the amendments.
Preamble-Introduction to Constitution.
Article 1-Legislative branch.
Article 2-Executive branch.
Article 3-Judicial branch.
Article 4-Relations among states.
Article 5-Process of amendment.
Article 6-National supremacy (this should switch places with article 5...)
Article 7-Process of constitutional ratification.