amendments identification Flashcards

1
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Which amendment is known as the reserved powers amendment?

A

10th Amendment

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2
Q

Which amendment deals with procedural due process?

A

5th Amendment

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3
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Which amendment forbids excessive bail or fines?

A

8th Amendment

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4
Q

Which amendment gave three electoral votes to Washington, D.C?

A

23rd Amendment

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5
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Which amendment deals with quartering (housing) of troops in private homes?

A

3rd Amendment

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6
Q

Which amendment deals with substantive due process, and the equal protection clause?

A

14th Amendment

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7
Q

Which amendment deals with limiting the terms of office of the POTUS to two terms or ten years?

A

22nd Amendment

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8
Q

Which amendment deals with issues regarding unreasonable search and seizure?

A

4th Amendment

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9
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Which amendment guarantees jury trials regarding civil cases that fall under Federal Jurisdiction?

A

7th Amendment

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10
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Which amendment abolished slavery?

A

13th Amendment

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11
Q

Which amendment is known as the unenumerated rights amendment?

A

9th Amendment

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12
Q

Which amendment ensures that suffrage will not be abridged on the basis of a person’s race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

A

15th Amendment

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13
Q

Which amendment legalized income tax?

A

16th Amendment

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14
Q

Which amendment states that Congress can’t immediately vote itself a pay raise?

A

27th Amendment

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15
Q

Which amendment relegalized alcohol consumption/sales in the United States?

A

21st Amendment

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16
Q

Which amendment made alcohol illegal for consumption/sales in the United States?

A

18th Amendment

17
Q

Which amendment established the civil liberties of speech, press, religion, peaceful assembly and to petition the government?

A

1st Amendment

18
Q

Which amendment split the electoral ballot into separate ballots?

A

12th Amendment

19
Q

Which amendment explains that a state cannot be sued by a citizen of another state, nor by a foreign country?

A

11th Amendment

20
Q

Which amendment resulted in suffrage for women?

A

19th Amendment

21
Q

Which amendment prohibited poll taxes?

A

24th Amendment

22
Q

Which amendment granted suffrage rights to those 18 years of age and older?

A

26th Amendment

23
Q

Which amendment preserves the right to bear arms?

A

2nd Amendment

24
Q

Which amendment guarantees those accused of crimes a fair, speedy trial, the right to know their accusers, the right to defense counsel, etcetera?

A

6th Amendment

25
Q

Which amendment is known as the presidential inability amendment?

A

25th Amendment

26
Q

Which amendment is known as the direct election of Senators Amendment?

A

17th Amendment

27
Q

Which amendments appearing in the Bill of Rights, were enacted to protect those accused of crimes?

A

4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment

28
Q

Which amendments deal with the right of suffrage?

A

15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendment

29
Q

Which amendment of the Bill of Rights is, to date, unsubstantiated?

A

4th Amendment