amendments

Question 1

first amendment

Answer 1

5 Freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

Question 2

second amendment

Answer 2

right to keep and bear arms

Question 3

third amendment

Answer 3

no quartering of troops

Question 4

fourth amendment

Answer 4

protection against unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant

Question 5

fifth amendment

Answer 5

government must give grand jury; same crime can’t be tried twice

Question 6

sixth amendment

Answer 6

right to a speedy trial

Question 7

seventh amendment

Answer 7

right to trial by jury involving more than 20 dollars

Question 8

eighth amendment

Answer 8

no excessive bail; no cruel and unusual punishment

Question 9

ninth amendment

Answer 9

rights reserved for the people

Question 10

tenth amendment

Answer 10

powers reserved to the states

Question 11

eleventh amendment

Answer 11

a person cannot sue a state they do not live in

Question 12

twelfth amendment

Answer 12

president and vice president are put up on separate ballots

Question 13

thirteenth amendment

Answer 13

abolished slavery

Question 14

fourteenth amendment

Answer 14

anyone born in the US is a citizen

Question 15

fifteenth amendment

Answer 15

states cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race

Question 16

sixteenth amendment

Answer 16

right of government to collect income taxes

Question 17

seventeenth amendment

Answer 17

direct election of senators by voters instead of state legislatures

Question 18

eighteenth amendment

Answer 18

prohibition of alcohol

Question 19

ninteenth amendment

Answer 19

women’s suffrage

Question 20

twentieth amendment

Answer 20

changed inauguration day from march to january

Question 21

twenty- first amendment

Answer 21

repealed the 18th amendment

Question 22

twenty-second amendment

Answer 22

president can only serve two terms

Question 23

twenty-third amendment

Answer 23

grants presidential voting rights to DC

Question 24

twenty-fourth amendment

Answer 24

eliminated poll tax

Question 25

twenty-fifth amendment

Answer 25

presidential succession allows for presidential cabinet to remove the president from office

Question 26

twenty-sixth amendment

Answer 26

lowered voting age from 21 to 18

Question 27

twenty-seventh amendment

Answer 27

limits power of congress to increase its own salaries

Question 27

twenty-seventh amendment

Answer 27

limits power of congress to increase its own salaries

Question 28

twenty-seventh amendment

Answer 28

limits power of congress to increase its own salaries