Amendments

Question 1

What two ways can a proposed amendment become a law?

Answer 1

1. Ratified by 3/4 of the state’s legislatures

2. Ratified by 3/4 of the state’s convention

Question 2

Which amendment provides for the freedom of speech?

Answer 2

One

Question 3

Which amendment states that the President and Vice President take office January 20th?

Answer 3

Twenty

Question 4

Which amendment provides for income tax?

Answer 4

Sixteen

Question 5

To amend something is to do what?

Answer 5

Change or fix it

Question 6

What amendment led to the issues caused in the Civil War?

Answer 6

Ten

Question 7

Which amendment prohibits quartering soldiers during peacetime?

Answer 7

Three

Question 8

Which amendment repealed prohibition?

Answer 8

Twenty-one

Question 9

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Answer 9

Nineteen

Question 10

Which amendment mentions “Due Process of Law?”

Answer 10

Five

Question 11

Which amendment says that you don’t have to testify against yourself?

Answer 11

Five

Question 12

The right to bear arms is a provision of what amendment?

Answer 12

Two

Question 13

Which amendment assures you of a trial by jury even in a civil case (if you desire)?

Answer 13

Seven

Question 14

Which amendment says that rights not actually stated in the U.S. Constitution cannot be denied to individuals?

Answer 14

Nine

Question 15

What is the nickname for the twentieth amendment?

Answer 15

Lame Duck

Question 16

Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

Answer 16

Eight

Question 17

What are the “Basic Rights or Freedoms” listed in the first amendment?

Answer 17

1. Religion
2. Speech
3. Press
4. Assembly
5. Petition

Question 18

What does the thirteenth amendment do?

Answer 18

Prohibit slavery

Question 19

Which amendment provides for the “succession” to the Presidency?

Answer 19

Twenty-five

Question 20

Which amendment brought about the popular election of senators?

Answer 20

Seventeen

Question 21

Which amendment protects you from having someone search your house without a warrant or probable cause?

Answer 21

Four

Question 22

Which amendment provides for freedom of religion?

Answer 22

One

Question 23

Which amendment provides for a speedy trial?

Answer 23

Six

Question 24

Which amendment limits the number of terms a president may serve?

Answer 24

Twenty-two

Question 25

Which amendment specifically protects the voting rights of minority groups?

Answer 25

Fifteen

Question 26

The eighteenth amendment did what?

Answer 26

Prohibition - make the sale of alcohol illegal

Question 27

Which amendment gave power to the states if a power wasn’t given to the federal government?

Answer 27

Ten

Question 28

Which amendment gave eighteen year-old citizens the right to vote?

Answer 28

Twenty-six

Question 29

Which amendment stops Congressmen from giving themselves “instant” raises?

Answer 29

Twenty-seven

Question 30

What are the amendments are the direct results of the Civil War?

Answer 30

1. Thirteenth
2. Fourteenth
3. Fifteenth

Question 31

What two ways can an amendment be proposed?

Answer 31

1. 2/3 vote of Congress

2. 2/3 vote of a special convention (state calling)