Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of religion (establishment clause/free exercise clause)
• Freedom of the press
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom to redress/protest

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to keep/bear arms

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

No quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

• Freedom against unlawful searches/seizures
• Law enforcement/govt must obtain a legal search warrant to search a citizen’s home or property

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

• Right to “due process of law”
• Right to a trial by jury
• Forbids “double jeopardy”
• Protects against self-incrimination

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

• Right to speedy/public trial
• Right to a lawyer/defense counsel
• Right to an impartial jury

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

Extends the right of a jury trial to civil cases

Question 8

8th Amendment

Answer 8

No cruel or unusual punishment or excessive fines or bails

Question 9

9th Amendment

Answer 9

All the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government

Question 10

10 Amendment

Answer 10

• The Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution
• If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or to the people

Question 11

11th Amendment

Answer 11

U.S. courts cannot hear cases and make decisions against a state if it is sued by a citizen who lives in another state or a person who lives in another country

Question 12

12th Amendment

Answer 12

Specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal in the United States

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

• Granted citizenship to all people “born or naturalized” in the United States
• Provided all citizens with equal protection under the laws
• Prohibited states from depriving any person of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

Guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

Grants Congress the power to collect income taxes on individuals and corporations

Question 17

17th Amendment

Answer 17

Established the direct election of United States senators in each state

Question 18

18th Amendment

Answer 18

Prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors”

Question 19

19th Amendment

Answer 19

Granted women the right to vote

Question 20

20th Amendment

Answer 20

• Moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20
• Moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the members of Congress from March 4 to January 3

Question 21

21st Amendment

Answer 21

Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, making the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks legal again

Question 22

22nd Amendment

Answer 22

Prevents a president from serving more than two terms or more than ten years

Question 23

23rd Amendment

Answer 23

Provides the citizens of the District of Columbia with appropriate rights of voting in national elections for President and Vice President of the United States

Question 24

24th Amendment

Answer 24

Eliminates the poll tax in federal elections

Question 25

25th Amendment

Answer 25

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

Question 27

27th Amendment

Answer 27

• Congress can’t give themselves raises mid-term
• They may vote on a raise, but it will not take effect until the next session of Congress