27 Amendments

Question 1

Amendment 1

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Amendment

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

Amendment 3

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Amendment 4

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Amendment 5

Answer 5

No person tried without the grand jury indictment or punished twice for the same offense.

Question 6

Amendment 6

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Amendment 7

Answer 7

Guarantees a trial by jury.

Question 8

Amendment 8

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Amendment 9

Answer 9

People retain rights not listed in the Constitution.

Question 10

Amendment 10

Answer 10

Power given to the federal government is given to the people or states (very important for a state government).

Question 11

Amendment 11

Answer 11

Individual cannot sue a state in federal courts.

Question 12

Amendment 12

Answer 12

Repeals part of Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution. The Electoral College must cast separate ballots for the president and vice president. In 1800, there was difficulty when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received the same amount of votes in the Electoral College, even though the electors meant Burr’s votes to be for the position of vice president. The election had to go to the House of Representatives, where Thomas Jefferson won, thanks to the support of Alexander Hamilton. This helps explain why Hamilton and Burr later dueled, and Hamilton was killed.

Question 13

Amendment 13

Answer 13

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Question 14

Amendment 14

Answer 14

All persons born or naturalized in the United States enjoy full rights. This was done to protect the rights of freed slaves and minorities after the Civil War, but it applies equally to all Americans. This amendment also made specific rules concerning the southern states after the Civil War.

Question 15

Amendment 15

Answer 15

Protects the rights of Americans to vote in elections. States cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, creed, or color. The right to vote is known as suffrage

Question 16

Amendment 16

Answer 16

Establishes Congress’s rights to impose a federal income tax.

Question 17

Amendment 17

Answer 17

Provides for popular election of United States senators. Repeals part of Article 1, Section 3. In the past, senators were elected by state legislatures.

Question 18

Amendment 18

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Amendment 19

Answer 19

Women suffrage. Some states had already given women 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

Amendment 20

Answer 20

Changed the date the president takes office from March 4th to January 20th. It also changed the start of Congress to January 3rd and ended the old second session.

Question 21

Amendment 21

Answer 21

Voided the 18th amendment.

Question 22

Amendment 22

Answer 22

No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice.

Question 23

Amendment 23

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Amendment 24

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Amendment 25

Answer 25

Established the process by which an ailing president may pass the duties of the office to the vice president and fill the vice president’s office, when vacant. Any vacancy in the vice presidency is filled by appointment made by a majority of both houses of Congress.

Question 26

Amendment 26

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Amendment 27

Answer 27

Prohibits Congress from voting itslef mid-term pay raises.