Amendments

Question 1

2nd amendment

Answer 1

Right to bear arms

Question 2

3rd amendment

Answer 2

Soldiers cannot take or live in a persons house

Question 3

4th amendment

Answer 3

The government cannot arrest a person or search their property unless there is a probable cause

Question 4

5th amendment

Answer 4

The government must follow the law before punishing a person

Question 5

6th amendment

Answer 5

A person has the right to a fair and speedy trial by a jury

Question 6

7th amendment

Answer 6

A person has the right to A jury trial for civil cases

Question 7

8th amendment

Answer 7

The Goverment cannot demand excessive bail or fines, or any cruel and unusual punishment

Question 8

9th amendment

Answer 8

The constitution does not include all of the rights of the people and the states

Question 9

10th amendment

Answer 9

Any powers that the constitution does not give to the federal government belongs to the states

Question 10

11th amendment

Answer 10

Citizens cannot sue states in federal courts. There are some exceptions

Question 11

12th amendment

Answer 11

The president and Vice President are elected on a party ticket

Question 12

13th amendment

Answer 12

Slavery is illegal in the United States

Question 13

14th amendment

Answer 13

Every person born in the USA is a citizen. An immigrant can become a naturalized citizen

Question 14

15th amendment

Answer 14

All US male citizens have the right to vote

Question 15

16th amendment

Answer 15

Congress can tax income

Question 16

17th amendment

Answer 16

The people can elect US senators

Question 17

18th amendment

Answer 17

Alcohol is illegal

Question 18

19th amendment

Answer 18

All US female citizens have the rights to vote

Question 19

20th amendment

Answer 19

The president is inaugurated in January. Congress begins to meet in January

Question 20

21st amendment

Answer 20

Alcohol is legal. Each state can make laws about alcohol

Question 21

22nd amendment

Answer 21

The president can only serve for two terms

Question 22

23rd amendment

Answer 22

The US citizens in the District of Columbia have the right to vote for president

Question 23

24th amendment

Answer 23

It is illegal to make a citizen pay a voting fee or take a reading test to vote

Question 24

25th amendment

Answer 24

If the president dies or cannot serve, the Vice President becomes president. If both die the speaker of the house becomes president

Question 25

26th amendment

Answer 25

U.S. citizens who are 18 years or older have the right to vote

Question 26

27th amendment

Answer 26

Congress must limit when and how much its members are payed

Question 27

1st amendment

Answer 27

Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government