Chapter 3

Question 1

1st amendment

Answer 1

- basic freedoms
Religion 
Speech
Press
Assembly
Petition
*not absolute

Question 2

2nd amendment

Answer 2

• right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd amendment

Answer 3

• no quartering of soldiers

Question 4

4th amendment

Answer 4

- search and seizure
Plain view doctrine
Search warrants issued by judge
Permission to enter
In pursuit
Not extended to motor vehicles

Question 5

5th amendment

Answer 5

- criminal proceedings
Due process of law
Eminent domain
Grand jury
Double jeopardy
Self-witness

Question 6

6th amendment

Answer 6

- criminal proceedings
Speedy trial
Impartial jury 
Informed of charges
Confront accusers
Call witnesses
Right to a lawyer

Question 7

7th amendment

Answer 7

• civil trials
  Jury trials for civil cases over $20
  Shows age of constitution

Question 8

8th amendment

Answer 8

• punishment for crimes
  No cruel and unusual punishment
  Bail limits
  No guarantee for bail

Question 9

9th amendment

Answer 9

• unenumerated rights
  People have rights not listed
  Catch all

Question 10

10th amendment

Answer 10

• powers reserved to the states

All powers not given to the national government in the constitution are reserved by the states

Question 11

11th amendment (1975)

Answer 11

• A person from another state may NOT sue a state in Federal court.

Question 12

12th amendment (1804)

Answer 12

• Changed election of Vice President
  No longer the second runner up
  President and Vice President in as a team

Question 13

13th amendment (1865)

Answer 13

• ended slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 14

14th amendment (1868)

Answer 14

• rights of citizens
  Granted citizenship to former slaves
  Due process clause forbids states from discriminating against persons
  Defines citizenship

Question 15

15th amendment (1870)

Answer 15

• right to vote
  Former slaves given right to vote

*13,14&15th amendments called “Civil War Amendments”

Question 16

16th amendment (1913)

Answer 16

• federal income tax

Federal income tax laws had been declared unconstitutional twice by supreme court

Question 17

17th amendment (1913)

Answer 17

• Popular election of Senators

Senators had been elected by state legislatures

Question 18

18th amendment (1919)

Answer 18

• prohibition

Outlawed the making, selling, transporting, importing, or exporting of alcoholic beverages

Question 19

19th amendment (1920)

Answer 19

• woman’s suffrage

Gave women right to vote

Question 20

20th amendment (1933)

Answer 20

• lame duck amendment

Changed the date for the beginning of Congress and the inauguration of the president

Question 21

21st amendment (1933)

Answer 21

• ended prohibition

Question 22

22nd amendment (1951)

Answer 22

• two terms for the President
  Franklin Roosevelt had broken the tradition set by Washington of only two terms. (elected 4 times)
  A term is defined as more than 2 years
  Maximum 10 years

Question 23

23rd amendment (1961)

Answer 23

• three electoral votes for Washington D.C.

Citizens of Washington D.C. can vote for the President

Question 24

24th amendment (1964)

Answer 24

• no poll tax

Used to deny blacks the right to vote

Question 25

25th amendment (1967)

Answer 25

• Presidential succession, vacancy in the Vice Presidency, Presidential disability
  Listed order of Presidential succession
  V.P. nominated by President and confirmed by majority vote of Congress
  President can turn over duties if disabled or if the V.P. and the cabinet state they are disabled
• William Henry Harrison first President to die in office

Question 26

26th amendment (1971)

Answer 26

• voting age 18

Question 27

27th amendment (1992)

Answer 27

• pay raise for Congress
  Proposed in 1789 with the Bill of Rights
  Ratified in 1992
  A congressman can not receive a pay raise until they are re-elected