constitution

Question 1

Legislative Branch

Answer 1

Article I

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

Article II

Question 3

Judicial Branch

Answer 3

Article III

Question 4

Relations among states

Answer 4

Article IV

Question 5

Amending the Constitution

Answer 5

Article V + VI

Question 6

Ratifying the Constitution

Answer 6

Article VII

Question 7

Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, and the right to assemble and peaceably petition the government.

Answer 7

Amendment 1

Question 8

The belief that a strong well regulated militia was necessary for maintaining our national security, Congress granted the right to bear arms.

Answer 8

Amendment 2

Question 9

No soldier in time of peace shall be quartered in a private citizens home without the homeowners consent.

Answer 9

Amendment 3

Question 10

People and their personal property cannot be searched without a warrant issued by a judge.

Answer 10

Amendment 4

Question 11

No person may be held to answer for a crime unless he or she has first been officially and legally charged. Double Jeopardy is also forbidden by this amendment. Persons cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Private property cannot be taken for public use unless the owner is fairly compensated for it.

Answer 11

Amendment 5

Question 12

A person accused of a crime has the right to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial jury of his or her peers.

Answer 12

Amendment 6

Question 13

In any civil suit, the defendant has the right to a trial by jury if the amount in question is over $20

Answer 13

Amendment 7

Question 14

No excessive bail or fines, cruel or unusual punishment shall be used against a convicted criminal.

Answer 14

Amendment 8

Question 15

No person shall be denied their basic constitutional rights.

Answer 15

Amendment 9

Question 16

Powers that are not specifically granted to the national government are to be retained by the states and the people.

Answer 16

Amendment 10

Question 17

This set limits for the Judicial Branch. A citizen from one state cannot sue a citizen from another state in Federal Court.

Answer 17

Amendment 11

Question 18

Electors shall vote for President and Vice President on separate ballots.

Answer 18

Amendment 12

Question 19

Slavery was abolished.

Answer 19

Amendment 13

Question 20

This is the basic guarantee of civil rights for all Americans. It defines citizenship as anyone born or naturalized in the United State. All persons are now guaranteed “equal protection of the law.”

Answer 20

Amendment 14

Question 21

African American males are guaranteed the right to vote, and “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” cannot be used as a reason to refuse anyone the right to vote.

Answer 21

Amendment 15

Question 22

Congress can collect income tax.

Answer 22

Amendment 16

Question 23

The Election of Senators was granted to the people of each state. (The direct election of the Senate)

Answer 23

Amendment 17

Question 24

The manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

Answer 24

Amendment 18

Question 25

The right to vote cannot be denied because of a persons sex.

Answer 25

Amendment 19

Question 26

This shortened the period of time between Federal Elections. Presidential inauguration day is moved from March 4 to January 20. Members of Congress are also sworn in on January 3 instead of March 4.

Answer 26

Amendment 20

Question 27

Prohibition was repealed.

Answer 27

Amendment 21

Question 28

This set term limits for President of the United States (No more than 2 terms in office. )

Answer 28

Amendment 22

Question 29

People who live in Washington D.C. are allowed to vote for President and are given electoral votes.

Answer 29

Amendment 23

Question 30

People cannot be denied the right to vote in Federal Elections because they had not paid a tax on voting.

Answer 30

Amendment 24

Question 31

This established the procedures for Presidential Succession in case of death and or disability.

Answer 31

Amendment 25

Question 32

18 Year olds can vote.

Answer 32

Amendment 26

Question 33

Congress may pass laws increasing their salaries but cannot collect it until after there has been a Federal Election.

Answer 33

Amendment 27