Constitutional Amendments

Question 1

First Amendment

Answer 1

Protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly

Question 2

Second Amendment

Answer 2

Protects the right to keep and bear arms

Question 3

Third Amendment

Answer 3

Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes

Question 4

Fourth Amendment

Answer 4

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause

Question 5

Fifth Amendment

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Sixth Amendment

Answer 6

Protects the right to a speedy public trial by jury, to obtain witnesses, and to retain counsel

Question 7

Seventh Amendment

Answer 7

Protects the right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits

Question 8

Eight Amendment

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Ninth Amendment

Answer 9

States that rights not enumerated in the Constitution are retained by the people

Question 10

Tenth Amendment

Answer 10

States that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it through the Constitution, and that all other powers are reserved to the States, or to the people

Question 11

Eleventh Amendment

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Twelfth Amendment

Answer 12

Revises presidential election procedures by having the president and vice president elected together as opposed to the vice president being the runner-up in the presidential election

Question 13

Thirteenth Amendment

Answer 13

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 14

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Sixteenth Amendment

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Permits Congress to levy an income tax

Question 17

Seventeenth Amendment

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Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote

Question 17

Eighteenth Amendment

Answer 17

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States (repealed in 1933)

Question 18

Nineteenth Amendment

Answer 18

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex

Question 19

Twentieth Amendment

Answer 19

Establishes the first date of the presidential and vice presidential term as January 20th and the first date of the Congressional term as January 3rd. States that if the president-elect dies before taking office, the vice president-elect is to be inaugurated as president

Question 20

Twenty-first Amendment

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Repeals the eighteenth amendment

Question 21

Twenty-second Amendment

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Limits the number of times a person can be elected president

Question 22

Twenty-third Amendment

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Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College

Question 23

Twenty-fourth Amendment

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

Question 24

Twenty-fifth Amendment

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Addresses succession to the presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and responding to presidential disabilities

Question 25

Twenty-sixth Amendment

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Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens 18 years of age or older to vote on account of age

Question 26

Twenty-seventh Amendment

Answer 26

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