Ammendments

Question 1

1st amendment

Answer 1

Protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

Question 2

2nd amendment

Answer 2

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Question 3

3rd amendment

Answer 3

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent during peacetime.

Question 4

4th amendment

Answer 4

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires a warrant for searches.

Question 5

5th amendment

Answer 5

Guarantees the right to due process, protection against self-incrimination, and double jeopardy. It also includes eminent domain provisions.

Question 6

6th amendment

Answer 6

Ensures the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.

Question 7

7th amendment

Answer 7

Guarantees the right to a trial by jury in civil cases where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars.

Question 8

8th amendment

Answer 8

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

Question 9

9th amendment

Answer 9

States that the listing of specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that other rights do not exist.

Question 10

10th amendment

Answer 10

Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government for the states or the people.

Question 11

11th amendment

Answer 11

Limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court.

Question 12

12 amendment

Answer 12

Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, creating separate ballots for each.

Question 13

13th amendment

Answer 13

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

Question 14

14th amendment

Answer 14

Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and provides equal protection under the law.

Question 15

15th amendment

Answer 15

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

Question 16

16th amendment

Answer 16

Allows Congress to levy an income tax.

Question 17

17th amendment

Answer 17

Establishes the direct election of U.S. senators by the people

Question 18

18th amendment

Answer 18

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition).

Question 19

19th

Answer 19

Grants women the right to vote.

Question 20

20th amendment

Answer 20

Changes the date when the President’s and Congress’s terms begin and end (January 20th for the President, January 3rd for Congress).

Question 20

21st amendment

Answer 20

Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.

Question 21

22nd amendment

Answer 21

Limits the President to two terms in office.

Question 22

23rd amendment

Answer 22

Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.

Question 23

24th amendment

Answer 23

Abolishes poll taxes in federal elections.

Question 24

25th amendment

Answer 24

Establishes procedures for presidential succession and addressing presidential incapacity.

Question 25

26th amendment

Answer 25

Lowers the voting age to 18.

Question 26

27th amendment

Answer 26

Limits Congressional salary changes from taking effect until after the next election.