Amendments 2

Question 1

11th Amendment

Answer 1

Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.

Question 2

12th Amendment

Answer 2

Revises presidential election procedures.

Question 3

13th Amendment

Answer 3

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

Question 4

14th Amendment

Answer 4

Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.

Question 5

15th Amendment

Answer 5

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 6

16th Amendment

Answer 6

Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

Question 7

17th Amendment

Answer 7

Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

Question 8

18th Amendment

Answer 8

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.

(Repealed December 5, 1933)

Question 9

19th Amendment

Answer 9

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.

Question 10

20th Amendment

Answer 10

Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.