Amendments

Question 1

What does the First Amendment protect?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Answer 2

13th Amendment

Question 3

What does the 19th Amendment guarantee?

Answer 3

Women’s right to vote

Question 4

Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?

Answer 4

4th Amendment

Question 5

What does the 26th Amendment do?

Answer 5

Lowers the voting age to 18

Question 6

Which amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury?

Answer 6

6th Amendment

Question 7

What does the 22nd Amendment limit?

Answer 7

Presidential terms to two

Question 8

Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

Answer 8

8th Amendment

Question 9

What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?

Answer 9

Equal protection under the law

Question 10

Which amendment protects the right to bear arms?

Answer 10

2nd Amendment

Question 11

What does the 10th Amendment state?

Answer 11

Powers not given to the government are given to the states

Question 12

Which amendment repealed Prohibition?

Answer 12

21st Amendment

Question 13

What does the 17th Amendment establish?

Answer 13

Direct election of senators by the people

Question 14

Which amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.?

Answer 14

14th Amendment

Question 15

What does the 5th Amendment protect against?

Answer 15

Self-incrimination and double jeopardy

Question 16

Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial?

Answer 16

6th Amendment

Question 17

What does the 15th Amendment protect?

Answer 17

Voting rights regardless of race, color, or previous servitude

Question 18

Which amendment establishes the process for presidential succession?

Answer 18

25th Amendment

Question 19

What does the 9th Amendment protect?

Answer 19

Rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution

Question 20

Which amendment gave Washington, D.C. residents the right to vote in presidential elections?

Answer 20

23rd Amendment

Question 21

What does the 3rd Amendment prohibit?

Answer 21

Quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent

Question 22

Which amendment guarantees the right to a fair and impartial trial?

Answer 22

6th Amendment

Question 23

What does the 16th Amendment authorize?

Answer 23

Income tax

Question 24

Which amendment protects the right to privacy?

Answer 24

4th Amendment

Question 25

What does the 24th Amendment prohibit?

Answer 25

Poll taxes in federal elections

Question 26

Which amendment guarantees the right to counsel in criminal cases?

Answer 26

6th Amendment

Question 27

What does the 11th Amendment restrict?

Answer 27

Lawsuits against states

Question 28

Which amendment establishes the process for electing the President and Vice President?

Answer 28

12th Amendment

Question 29

What does the 20th Amendment address?

Answer 29

Terms of the President and Congress