The twenty-seven amendments

Question 1

The first

Answer 1

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition

Question 2

The second

Answer 2

right to bear arms

Question 3

The third

Answer 3

right to not quarter soldiers in the home without permission

Question 4

The fourth

Answer 4

freedom from unlawful search and seizure without probable cause

Question 5

The fifth

Answer 5

right to due process, right not to inciminate yourself, double jeopardy

Question 6

The sixth

Answer 6

right to a fair and speedy trial, right to know the charges against you, right to a lawyer, right to face your accuser in court

Question 7

The seventh

Answer 7

right to a jury trial in civil cases

Question 8

The eighth

Answer 8

no excessive bail/fines nor cruel or unusual punishment

Question 9

The ninth

Answer 9

unenumerated rights

Question 10

The tenth

Answer 10

powers reserved to the states

Question 11

The eleventh

Answer 11

states cannot be sued in federal court by other states or foreign countries (1794)

Question 12

The twelth

Answer 12

election of BOTH president and vice-president together (not separately) (1803)

Question 13

The thirteenth

Answer 13

abolition of slavery (1865)

Question 14

The fourteenth

Answer 14

repeals 3/5 compromise and makes all people of the U.S. citizens (1868)

Question 15

The fifteenth

Answer 15

right to vote for citizens (but NOT guaranteed to anyone… only that states cannot discriminat) (1870)

Question 16

The sixteenth

Answer 16

federal income tax provision (1913)

Question 17

The seventeenth

Answer 17

senators to be elected by voters of the state (1913)

Question 18

The eighteenth

Answer 18

projibitiion (outlawed all aspects of alcohol EXCEPT drinking it) (1919)

Question 19

The nineteenth

Answer 19

right to vote for women (1920)

Question 20

The twentieth

Answer 20

date of inauguration of president moved from March to January following November elections (1933)

Question 21

The twenty-first

Answer 21

repeals 18th amendment

Question 22

The twenty-second

Answer 22

tenure of president; no president may serve more than two terms (1951)

Question 23

The twenty-third

Answer 23

D.C. allowed to have their own elections (1961)

Question 24

the twenty-fourth

Answer 24

no “tax” in order to vote (1964)

Question 25

The twenty-fifth

Answer 25

allowes for presidential succession (1967)

Question 26

The twenty-sixth

Answer 26

right to vote minimum age 18 (1971)

Question 27

The twenty-seventh

Answer 27

congress nay not vote themselves a pay raise untill after the next election (1992)