Amendments

Question 1

1st

Answer 1

> Congress cannot dictate a national religion
•“Free expression” of religion
•> Freedom of speech
•> Freedom of the press
•> Right to peaceably assemble
•> Petition Congress to fix “grievances”

Question 2

2nd

Answer 2

•> Right to keep and bear arms

•> “Well regulated militia”

Question 3

3rd

Answer 3

Soldiers cannot be “quartered” in private homes or businesses

Question 4

4th

Answer 4

Warrants / probable cause needed for search and seizure

Question 5

5th

Answer 5

Capital crimes need a grand jury
•> Cannot try twice for the same crime
•> No one can be a witness against themselves
•> “Due process” of law for all citizens
•> No seizure of private property without compensation

Question 6

6th

Answer 6

> Speedy public trial
•>Trial by jury of peers
•>Must be told …
• what the charges are
•(what someone is accused
•Of)

Question 7

7th

Answer 7

Jury system

Question 8

8th

Answer 8

No excessive bail or fines

•No cruel / unusual punishments

Question 9

9th

Answer 9

No rights that take away rights from other people

Question 10

10th

Answer 10

If it’s not in the Federal Constitution it’s with the states
•If it’s not with the states it’s with the PEOPLE

Question 11

11th

Answer 11

Federal Judicial System

Question 12

12th

Answer 12

Census gives population count
• House members + 2/STATE for Senate = number of ELECTORS for each state

Question 13

ELECTORS

Answer 13

435 (House) + 100 (Senate) + 3 Reps (D.C.)

• = 538 total avaible in modern Presidential elections

•270 needed to win the presidency

Question 14

13th

Answer 14

End of slavery

Question 15

14th

Answer 15

People born in the US are citizens

Question 16

15th

Answer 16

Cannot dis-enfranchise
• (take away the vote) …
•based on race, color,
•or previous condition of servitude.

Question 17

16th

Answer 17

Federal income tax

Question 18

17th

Answer 18

Peoples direct election of
• U.S. Senators

Question 19

18th

Answer 19

Prohibition – no manufacture
• or sale of alcohol

Question 20

19th

Answer 20

Women get the right to vote

•In the 1780s she wrote her husband, John Adams, to “REMEMBER THE LADIES” ….
•This later influenced the passage of the 19th Amendment

Question 21

20th

Answer 21

•The Presidential term begins on Jan 20 immediately after the election in November of the previous year

Question 22

21st

Answer 22

Repeal of prohibition

Question 23

22nd

Answer 23

Presidential term limits
•2 @ 4-year terms
•Or … serve 2 years of a partial term and then 2 full terms

•Maximum service as President: 2 terms or 10 years

Question 24

23rd

Answer 24

Residents of Washington, D.C. have electors who participate in the Presidential election

Question 25

24th

Answer 25

No more poll taxes

Question 26

25th

Answer 26

If a President dies, is removed, or is unable to fulfill his duties – the Vice President becomes President.
•A new VP is chosen, usually from the House of Representatives.

Question 27

26th

Answer 27

The national voting age is lowered to 18

Question 28

27th

Answer 28

Members of Congress cannot vote themselves raises. Votes on raises must be done during the next session.