Amendments

Question 1

14th Amendment

Answer 1

granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War

Question 2

15th Amendment

Answer 2

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 3

16th Amendment (six)

Answer 3

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes

Question 4

17th Amendment

Answer 4

allowed voters of each state to directly elect their senators.

Question 5

18th Amendment

Answer 5

declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol.

Question 6

19th Amendment

Answer 6

granted women the right to vote

Question 7

20th Amendment

Answer 7

sets the inauguration date for new presidential terms and the date for new sessions of Congress.

Question 8

21st Amendment

Answer 8

marked the end of federal laws to bar the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors.

Question 9

22nd Amendment

Answer 9

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

Question 10

23rd Amendment

Answer 10

allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors

Question 11

24th Amendment

Answer 11

outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections

Question 12

25th Amendment

Answer 12

if the President becomes unable to do his job, the Vice President becomes the President

Question 13

26th Amendment

Answer 13

the 26th amendment granted the right to vote to American citizens aged eighteen or older

Question 14

27th Amendment

Answer 14

prohibits Congress from changing its salary compensation until after the mid-term election