Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Contains the Establishment Clause prohibiting the establishment of a national religion. (separation of church and state)

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

right to keep and bear arms due to the need for a “well-regulated militia.”

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

prohibits the government from forcing citizens to allow soldiers to use their homes.

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

protects citizens from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Because of this amendment, warrants must be limited in scope and may only be issued with “probable cause.”

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

Defendants cannot be forced to testify against themselves (self-incrimination). A person may not be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

Question 6

Sixth Amendment

Answer 6

Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury in the state where the crime was committed.

Question 7

Seventh Amendment

Answer 7

provides the right to a jury in federal civil cases.

Question 8

Eighth Amendment

Answer 8

prevents the government from imposing excessive bail or fines or “cruel and unusual” punishments.

Question 9

The Ninth Amendment

Answer 9

clarifies that the Bill of Rights is not a comprehensive list and that people have additional rights that are not listed.

Question 10

The Tenth Amendment

Answer 10

states that the federal government only has the powers specified in the Constitution. Any rights not mentioned in the Constitution belong to the states or the people.

Question 11

13th Amendment (1865)

Answer 11

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime.

Question 12

14th Amendment (1866)

Answer 12

granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.

Question 13

15th Amendment (1870)

Answer 13

The third and final Reconstruction Amendment, the Fifteenth Amendment protects a citizen’s right to vote, regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Question 14

17th amendment

Answer 14

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

Question 15

18th Amendment (1919)

Answer 15

Banning liquor use within the nation.

Question 16

19th Amendment (1920)

Answer 16

Wyoming gave women the right to vote as early as 1890 but this 1920 amendment gave women the right to vote throughout the United States and in federal elections.

Question 17

21st amendment 1933

Answer 17

Ratified in 1933 during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, overturned the 18th Amendment.

Question 18

22nd Amendment

Answer 18

The Twenty-second Amendment was passed in response to Franklin Roosevelt’s four consecutive terms as president of the United States.

Question 19

24th Amendment

Answer 19

prohibited states from requiring payment of a poll tax as a condition for voting in federal elections.

Question 20

26th Amendment (1971)

Answer 20

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.