Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

Citizens do not have to house soldiers

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

No unreasonable search or arrest

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

No double Jeopardy or no witness against yourself

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

Right to speedy public trial by an impartial jury, right to legal representation (rights of the accused)

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

Right to trial by jury

Question 8

8th Amendment

Answer 8

No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail

Question 9

9th Amendment

Answer 9

Citizens still have rights that aren’t listed

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people

Question 11

11th Amendment

Answer 11

Prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states

Question 12

12th Amendment

Answer 12

Each elector must cast distinct votes for president and vice president, instead of two votes for president

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Abolished slavery

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

Granted African American men the right to vote

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

Grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population

Question 17

17th Amendment

Answer 17

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote

Question 18

18th Amendment

Answer 18

Prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages (prohibition)

Question 19

19th Amendment

Answer 19

Granted women the right to vote

Question 20

20th Amendment

Answer 20

(Lame duck period) Changed the date that the president, vice president, and members of Congress start to January, and it says who becomes president if the president cannot start serving immediately

Question 21

21st Amendment

Answer 21

Repeal of prohibition

Question 22

22nd Amendment

Answer 22

Limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms

Question 23

23rd Amendment

Answer 23

Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state

Question 24

24th Amendment

Answer 24

Forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections (poll taxes)

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

Changes the voting age from 21 to 18

Question 27

27th Amendment

Answer 27

Prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session