Amendments

Question 1

describe amendment 1

Answer 1

the notion that the government will
not interfere with the ability of the people, press, or religious groups to express their views or to protest in favor of them

Question 2

describe Amendment 2

Answer 2

the right to bear arms

Question 3

describe Amendment 3

Answer 3

citizens do not have to house soldiers in wartime or peacetime if they do not
consent to

Question 4

describe Amendment 4

Answer 4

the right of the U.S. people to feel secure in their homes and possessions without fear of “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

This relates to modern law concerning the need for a warrant to search property

Question 5

describe Amendment 5

Answer 5

The double jeopardy law. Those tried and acquitted for a crime cannot be tried for that same crimes

Question 6

describe Amendment 6

Answer 6

The right of all US citizens to a speedy and fair public trial

Question 7

describe Amendment 7

Answer 7

The right for any claimant to take a matter to court and trial by jury when the value in question exceeds $20

Question 8

describe Amendment 8

Answer 8

A ban on extreme punishments for crimes, focusing on those that are “cruel and unusual” and on excessive fines or bail.

Question 9

describe Amendment 9

Answer 9

Clarifies that U.S. citizens have far more rights than those currently listed and that their absence doesn’t diminish their importance

Question 10

describe Amendment 10

Answer 10

Attempts to separate federal and state law.

Federal gov has only the powers assigned to it by the Constitution. The state govs have power over everything else

Question 11

describe Amendment 11

Answer 11

The notion that the right for citizens to sue a state only applies to residents in that state

Question 12

describe Amendment 12

Answer 12

A complex amendment that lays out all the laws for how Presidents and Vice
Presidents progress through the nomination and election process

Question 13

describe Amendment 13

Answer 13

The abolition of slavery

Question 14

describe Amendment 14

Answer 14

The assertion that all those born or naturalized within the U.S. are citizens

Question 15

describe Amendment 15

Answer 15

Any citizen of the U.S. has the right to vote, regardless of race or skin color

Question 16

describe Amendment 16

Answer 16

Law that allowed Congress to start collecting income tax, promising that this would not be based on the states population

Question 17

describe Amendment 17

Answer 17

Sets the process and terms for electing senators

Question 18

describe Amendment 18

Answer 18

prohibits the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol

also known as the Prohibition Law

Question 19

describe Amendment 19

Answer 19

the right for any citizen of the U.S. to vote, regardless of their biological sex

gave women right to vote

Question 20

describe Amendment 20

Answer 20

Decision that all presidential terms, even vice, will end at noon on Jan 20th

The date of the start of a term in the Senate was moved to Jan 3rd

Question 21

describe Amendment 21

Answer 21

The motion to repeal the 18th amendment, the Prohibition Law

Question 22

describe Amendment 22

Answer 22

The notion that no president should be eligible for election into office for more than 2 terms

Question 23

describe Amendment 23

Answer 23

Ensures that Washington DC had electors in the Electoral College, but only as many as the state with the lowest number

Question 24

describe Amendment 24

Answer 24

The right of any citizen of the U.S. to vote for candidates in any election for Presidential, Senate, or Congress reps, even if they missed a tax payment

Question 25

describe Amendment 25

Answer 25

The vice president will take office and take over the role of president if the president is removed, resigned, or
dead

Question 26

describe Amendment 26

Answer 26

citizens who are 18 or older shall not be denied the right to vote

Question 27

describe Amendment 27

Answer 27

any changes to the salary of those in Congress should not take effect until the next election of reps