The Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Freedom of speech, press, religion, and petition

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd Amendments

Answer 3

Citizens cannot be forced to house soldiers during times of peace

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

No illegal searches or seizures

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

Right to remain silent, no double Jeopardy, due process, and and Miranda Rights

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

Guarantees a fair and speedy trial

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

The right to have a jury of one’s peers

Question 8

8th Amendment

Answer 8

No unusual punishments

Question 9

9th Amendments

Answer 9

Reserves the rights of citizens not mentioned by the Constitution

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

If it is not specifically written in the Constitution, it is left up to the state governments and citizens in the states

Question 11

11th Amendment

Answer 11

prohibits federal courts from hearing cases in which a state is sued by an individual from another state

Question 12

12th Amendment

Answer 12

Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing VPs and Presidents

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Forbids forced slavery and involuntary servitude except as a criminal offense

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

Details equal protection clause, Due process clause, citizenship clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

Reserves the US government the right to tax income

Question 17

17th Amendment

Answer 17

Established popular voting as the process under which senators are elected

Question 18

18th Amendment

Answer 18

Denies the sale and and consumption of alcohol

Question 19

19th Amendment

Answer 19

Reserves women’s suffrage rights

Question 20

20th Amendment

Answer 20

Establishes date of term starts for Congress and the President. Known as “lame duck amendment”

Question 21

21st Amendment

Answer 21

Details the repeal of the 18th Amendment. state laws over alcohol are to remain

Question 22

22nd Amendment

Answer 22

Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president(2 terms)

Question 23

23rd Amendment

Answer 23

Reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia(DC) to vote for their own Electors for presidential elections

Question 24

24th Amendment

Answer 24

Citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes

Question 25

25th Amendment

Answer 25

Establishes the procedures for a successor of a President

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

Reserves the right for citizens 18+ to vote

Question 27

27th Amendment

Answer 27

Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives