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An amendment is a change or addition to the U.S. Constitution that alters or updates its original text.

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Which amendment addressed Anti-Federalists' concerns about individual liberties?
Which amendment protects the rights of citizens to vote regardless of their race or color?
Which amendment to the US Constitution provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures?
Which Amendment to U.S.Constitution abolished slavery throughout United States?
Which amendment to the United States Constitution emerged as a direct result from the constitutional debates between Hamilton and Jefferson?
Which amendment guaranteed women's suffrage in the United States?
Which amendment granted African Americans citizenship during the Reconstruction period?
Which amendment enfranchised African American men?
Which amendment addressed citizenship rights and equal protection under law during Reconstruction?
What amendment was ratified due to the Temperance Movement during the Gilded Age?
Which Amendment resulted from societal conflicts caused by the abolition of slavery after Civil War?
Which amendment gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuba's affairs if its independence was threatened?
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
Which amendment was ratified during World War I granting women suffrage?
Which amendment to the U.S Constitution, ratified in the 1920s, led to a nationwide ban on alcohol?
Which amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote?
Which amendment did women's rights activist Alice Paul propose in the early 1920s?
Which amendment to the U.S. constitution, passed during the 1920s, gave women the right to vote?
Which amendment was frequently cited as protection against testimonies in hearings during both red scares?
Which amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen during the Vietnam War era?

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