27 amendments

Question 1

1st

Answer 1

freedom of expression, religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Question 2

2nd

Answer 2

protects the rights of individual citizens to keep and bear arms. Establishes a militia that is necessary for a free state.

Question 3

3rd

Answer 3

Prohibits soldiers from temporarily residing (quartering) in private homes during peacetime without getting the permission and consent of the owner.

Question 4

4th

Answer 4

Protects people’s rights to privacy, prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.

Question 5

5th

Answer 5

No person tried without the grand jury indictment or punished twice for the same offense. Prohibits being a witness against yourself and guarantees “due process of law.”

Question 6

6th

Answer 6

Rights of accused in criminal cases, including legal representation and a fair and speedy trial.

Question 7

7th

Answer 7

Guarantees a trial by jury

Question 8

8th

Answer 8

Insures that punishments for crimes are not excessive, cruel, or unusual.

Question 9

9th

Answer 9

People retain rights not listed in the United States Constution.

Question 10

10th

Answer 10

Power not given to the federal government is given to the people or states (very important for state government).

Question 11

11th

Answer 11

Individual cannot sue a state in federal courts.

Question 12

12th

Answer 12

Repeals part of article 2, section 1, of the Constitution. Electoral college must cast separate ballots for president and vice president.

Question 13

13th

Answer 13

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Question 14

14th

Answer 14

All persons born or naturalized in the United States enjoy full rights.

Question 15

15th

Answer 15

States cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, creed, or color. The right to vote is known as suffrage.

Question 16

16th

Answer 16

Establishes congress’s right to impose a federal income tax.

Question 17

17th

Answer 17

Provides for popular election of United States senators.

Question 18

18th

Answer 18

Prohibition. No alcoholic beverages to be bought or sold in the United States (to be later repealed).

Question 19

19th

Answer 19

Woman suffrage. Some states had already given the right to vote in some elections. This amendment provides all women, who are U.S. citizens, the right to vote in all elections.

Question 20

20th

Answer 20

Changed the date the president takes office from March 4th to January 20th (four year term). It also changed the start of congress to January 3rd and ended the old second session (end of Lame Duck Congress).

Question 21

21st

Answer 21

Repealed prohibition and voided the office of president more than twice (two terms).

Question 22

22nd

Answer 22

No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice (two terms).

Question 23

23rd

Answer 23

Gave residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections.

Question 24

24th

Answer 24

Anti-poll tax amendment. Forbids taxing voters before they vote in national elections.

Question 25

25th

Answer 25

Established the process by which an ailing president may pass the duties of the office to the vice president.

Question 26

26th

Answer 26

18- year- olds are allowed to vote in federal and state elections.

Question 27

27th

Answer 27

Prohibits congress from voting itself mid-term pay raises.