Amendments - Reverse

Question 1

Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

Answer 1

First Amendment

Question 2

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Answer 2

Second Amendment

Question 3

Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent, prohibiting it during peacetime.

Answer 3

Third Amendment

Question 4

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.

Answer 4

Fourth Amendment

Question 5

Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

Answer 5

Fifth Amendment

Question 6

Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.

Answer 6

Sixth Amendment

Question 7

Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.

Answer 7

Seventh Amendment

Question 8

Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.

Answer 8

Eight Amendment

Question 9

Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.

Answer 9

Ninth Amendment

Question 10

Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people through the Constitution.

Answer 10

Tenth Amendment

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Eleventh Amendment

Question 12

Revises presidential election procedures.

Answer 12

Twelfth Amendment

Question 13

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

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Thirteenth Amendment

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Sixteenth Amendment

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Seventeenth Amendment

Question 18

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
(Repealed December 5, 1933)

Answer 18

Eighteenth Amendment

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Nineteenth Amendment

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Twentieth Amendment

Question 21

Repeals the 18th Amendment and gives the States the power to prohibit or regulate the transportation or importation of alcohol for delivery or use.

Answer 21

Twenty-First Amendment

Question 22

Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.

Answer 22

Twenty-Second Amendment

Question 23

Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.

Answer 23

Twenty-Third Amendment

Question 24

Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax.

Answer 24

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Question 25

Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

Answer 25

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Question 26

Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Question 27

Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.

Answer 27

Twenty-Seventh Amendment