Landmark Amendments

Question 1

13th

Answer 1

Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. (1865)

Question 2

14th

Answer 2

Defines citizenship

Question 3

15th

Answer 3

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

Question 4

16th

Answer 4

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

Question 5

17th

Answer 5

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

Question 6

18th

Answer 6

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (1920)

Question 7

19th

Answer 7

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. (1919)

Question 8

21st

Answer 8

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. (1933)

Question 9

26th

Answer 9

Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. (Vietnam, 1971)

Question 10

27th

Answer 10

Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. (1992, 202 years)

Question 11

Introduction

Answer 11

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.