Amendments

Question 1

• religion: free exercise clause: may worship what you want, establishment clause: gov’t cant sponsor religion
• assembly: group meeting/protest
• petition: letters written to gov’t
• press: less restricted
• speech: opinion, can be expressive, symbolic
• RAPPS

Answer 1

amendment 1

Question 2

• right to own a gun if legal

- right to bear arms

Answer 2

amendment 2

Question 3

• quartering of troops
• intolerable acts
• 3 little pigs

Answer 3

amendment 3

Question 4

• search and seizure
• freedom from illegal searches
• have search warrant

Answer 4

amendment 4

Question 5

• rights of the accused
• due process: procedures
• self incrimination: don’t have to testify against yourself
• double jeopardy: being tried twice for the same crime if found innocent the 1st time
• grand jury
• eminent domain: the right of gov’t to take property for public use at a fair price

Answer 5

amendment 5

Question 6

• speedy and fair trial
• right to a jury of your peers
• right to question witnesses
• right to be told of charges against you
• right to a lawyer

Answer 6

amendment 6

Question 7

• civil suits: lawsuits between individuals, noncriminal

- getting a jury trial

Answer 7

amendment 7

Question 8

• no cruel and unusual punishments
• this includes excessive bails and fines
• 8 looks like a noose

Answer 8

amendment 8

Question 9

-rights given to people not listed in Constitution

Answer 9

amendment 9

Question 10

-power for the states, not US

Answer 10

amendment 10

Question 11

-suits against states

Answer 11

amendment 11

Question 12

• voting for president and VP
• 1865
• number 1 man and number 2 man
• whoever finished first was pres and whoever finished 2nd was VP

Answer 12

amendment 12

Question 13

• abolition of slavery

- unlucky number 13

Answer 13

amendment 13

Question 14

• citizenship for all races
• equal under law
• due process of law
• guaranteed equal protection of law
• 1868

Answer 14

amendment 14

Question 15

• african american suffrage (male)
• civil rights amend
• slavery, citizens, vote

Answer 15

amendment 15

Question 16

• federal income tax

- age you can get a job

Answer 16

amendment 16

Question 17

• direct election of senators by the people

- senate teen

Answer 17

amendment 17

Question 18

• prohibition of alcohol

- at 18 you CANT drink

Answer 18

amendment 18

Question 19

• women’s suffrage
• women’s right to vote
• Wyoming: full of pioneers

Answer 19

amendment 19

Question 20

• terms of pres, vp, and Congress
• pres gets inaugurated January 20th
• lame duck

Answer 20

amendment 20

Question 21

• prohibition of alcohol is repealed

- you CAN drink at 21

Answer 21

amendment 21

Question 22

• two term limit for pres

- pres only gets TWO TWO

Answer 22

amendment 22

Question 23

• right to vote for residents of DC

- mj’s number is 23 and he played for the washington wizards

Answer 23

amendment 23

Question 24

• no poll taxes
• 2 vote 4 free
• kept poor whites and blacks from voting

Answer 24

amendment 24

Question 25

• establishes procedures for succession to the presidency

- barely alive at 25

Answer 25

amendment 25

Question 26

• 18 year olds get suffrage
• 1971
• Nixon
• Vietnam war

Answer 26

amendment 26

Question 27

• congressional salary restraints

- delays congressional raises for members of congress until their term ends

Answer 27

amendment 27