Constitutional Amendments

Question 1

1ST AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 2

2ND AMENDMENT

Answer 2

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Question 3

3RD AMENDMENT

Answer 3

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

Question 4

4TH AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 5

5TH AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 6

6TH AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 7

7TH AMENDMENT

Answer 7

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

Question 8

8TH AMENDMENT

Answer 8

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

Question 9

9TH AMENDMENT

Answer 9

Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.

Question 10

10TH AMENDMENT

Answer 10

Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution.

Question 11

11TH 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 sovereign immunity.

Question 12

12TH AMENDMENT

Answer 12

Revises presidential election procedures.

Question 13

13TH AMENDMENT

Answer 13

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

Question 14

14TH AMENDMENT

Answer 14

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

Question 15

15TH AMENDMENT

Answer 15

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

Question 16

16TH AMENDMENT

Answer 16

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

Question 17

17TH AMENDMENT

Answer 17

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

Question 18

18TH AMENDMENT

Answer 18

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(Repealed December 5, 1933)

Question 19

19TH AMENDMENT

Answer 19

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

Question 20

20TH AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 21

21ST AMENDMENT

Answer 21

Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws.

Question 22

22ND AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 23

23RD AMENDMENT

Answer 23

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

Question 24

24TH AMENDMENT

Answer 24

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

Question 25

25TH AMENDMENT

Answer 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.

Question 26

26TH AMENDMENT

Answer 26

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

Question 27

27TH AMENDMENT

Answer 27

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