Amendments to the Constitution

Question 1

1st Amendment (1791)

Answer 1

Guarantees the right to the freedoms of speech, press, and religion. Protects the right to petition the government

Question 2

2nd Amendment (1791)

Answer 2

Guarantees the people’s right to own and bear arms for their defense.

Question 3

3rd Amendment (1791)

Answer 3

Citizens cannot be forced to quarter soldiers during times of peace.

Question 4

4th Amendment (1791)

Answer 4

Citizens cannot be forced to subject themselves to seizure and search without a search warrant and probable cause.

Question 5

5th Amendment (1791)

Answer 5

Prohibits abuse of governmental authority in legal procedures. Establishes rules for indictment by eminent domain and grand jury. Guarantees the due process rights. Protects citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

Question 6

6th Amendment (1791)

Answer 6

Guarantees fair and speedy jury trial and the rights to know the accusation, the accuser, and to find counsel and witnesses.

Question 7

7th Amendment (1791)

Answer 7

Reserves individuals’ rights to jury trial depending on the civil case, and cases already examined by not be re-opened by another court.

Question 8

8th Amendment (1791)

Answer 8

Forbids exorbitant bails and
fines and punishment that is unusual or cruel.

Question 9

9th Amendment (1791)

Answer 9

Reserves the rights of citizens which are not specifically mentioned by the U.S. Constitution.

Question 10

10th Amendment (1791)

Answer 10

Reserves powers that are not given to the U.S. government under the Constitution, nor prohibited to a State of the U.S., to the people and the States.

Question 11

11th Amendment (1975)

Answer 11

State sovereign immunity. States are protected from suits by citizens living in another state or foreigners that do not reside within the state borders

Question 12

12th Amendment (1804)

Answer 12

Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents.

Question 13

13th Amendment (1865)

Answer 13

Except as punishment for criminal offense, forbids forced-slavery and involuntary servitude.

Question 14

14th Amendment (1868)

Answer 14

Details Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause, Citizenship Clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials.

Question 15

15th Amendment (1870)

Answer 15

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

Question 16

16th Amendment (1913)

Answer 16

Reserves the U.S. government the right to tax income.

Question 17

17th Amendment (1913)

Answer 17

Establishes popular voting as the process under which senators are elected.

Question 18

18th Amendment (1919)

Answer 18

Denies the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Question 19

19th Amendment (1920)

Answer 19

Reserves women’s suffrage rights.

Question 20

20th Amendment (1933)

Answer 20

Also known as the “lame duck amendment,” establishes date of term starts for Congress (January 3) & the President (January 20).

Question 21

21st Amendment (1933)

Answer 21

Details the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. State laws over alcohol are to remain.

Question 22

22nd Amendment (1951)

Answer 22

Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president (at most two terms). Individuals who have served over two years of someone else’s term may not be elected more than once.

Question 23

23rd Amendment (1961)

Answer 23

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

Question 24

24th Amendment (1964)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

25th Amendment (1967)

Answer 25

Establishes the procedures for a successor of a President.

Question 26

26 Amendment (1971)

Answer 26

Reserves the right for citizens 18 and older to vote.

Question 27

27th Amendment (1992)

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Answer 28

13th Amendment

Question 29

Which amendments were a result of reconstruction? (period after the Civil war)

Answer 29

Amendments 13, 14, 15

Question 30

What right did the 23rd amendment grant to the people of Washington DC?

Answer 30

It gave electors to the District of Columbia (capital of U.S.) so that it could participate in presidential elections.

Question 31

Which president was elected to 4 terms?

Answer 31

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 32

Which amendment restricted the President to 2 terms?

Answer 32

22nd Amendment

Question 33

Which amendment established the voting age of 18?

Answer 33

26th Amendment

Question 34

Which amendment established the line of succession for the President?

Answer 34

25th Amendment

Question 35

What is the significance of the 14th amendment?

Answer 35

It granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves recently freed.

Question 36

Amendment

Answer 36

-an article added to the US Constitution (a way to change the Constitution)

Question 37

What are the steps for creating an amendment?

Answer 37

Can be proposed by two thirds vote of both houses of Congress, or if two thirds of states call for a convention.
Can be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or by three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

Question 38

poll tax (banned in 24th amendment)

Answer 38

-money paid to register to vote