Amendments 11 - 27

Question 1

What amendment is the only one to repeal another amendment?

Answer 1

21st Amendment

Question 2

Which amendment is about states not suing other states?

Answer 2

11th Amendment

Question 3

Which amendment limits the President to two terms?

Answer 3

22nd Amendment

Question 4

What does the direct election of senators mean?

Answer 4

Before the 17th Amendment, the U.S. senators were chosen by the state legislatures. But with the 17th Amendment, the people of the state vote for their U.S. senators

Question 5

With the 20th Amendment, what day does the U.S. President now get sworn into office and begin being president?

Answer 5

January 20th

Question 6

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

Answer 6

19th Amendment

Question 7

What does the 17th Amendment do?

Answer 7

Direct election of Senators

Question 8

Which Amendment outlawed alcohol?

Answer 8

18th Amendment

Question 9

What amendment changed the date for when the president took office after an election?

Answer 9

20th Amendment

Question 10

What is a poll tax?

Answer 10

Making someone pay a tax in order to vote

Question 11

Before the 23rd Amendment, what couldn’t the people of Washington D.C. do?

Answer 11

Vote for president

Question 12

What did the 21st Amendment do?

Answer 12

Repealed the 18th Amendment so that people could make and drink alcohol again

Question 13

Which Amendment is about what happens if the president dies or is not physically or mentally able to be president?

Answer 13

25th Amendment

Question 14

Which amendment outlawed slavery?

Answer 14

13th Amendment

Question 15

What did the 23rd Amendment do?

Answer 15

Gave Washington, D.C. 3 electoral college votes

Question 16

What does the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 16

Guarantees right to vote no matter your race

Question 17

Which Amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

Answer 17

26th Amendment

Question 18

Before the 22nd amendment, how many terms could the President serve?

Answer 18

As many as he was elected to (FDR was elected president 4 times)

Question 19

Which amendment said that all people born in the U.S. are citizens of the U.S.?

Answer 19

14th Amendment

Question 20

Which amendment outlawed poll taxes?

Answer 20

24th Amendment

Question 21

Which amendment has a due process clause for the states?

Answer 21

14th Amendment

Question 22

What does the 16th Amendment make legal?

Answer 22

Income Taxes

Question 23

What does the 27th Amendment do?

Answer 23

Requires that any salary increase that Congress passes for itself will not go into effect until after an election

Question 24

What does the 12th Amendment do?

Answer 24

The President and Vice President are on separate ballots when the Electoral College votes

Question 25

What word means the right to vote?

Answer 25

Suffrage