27 amendments

Question 1

1st amendment

Answer 1

The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition

Question 2

2nd amendment

Answer 2

right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd amendment

Answer 3

the government cannot force people to house soldiers in their homes without the owner’s consent

Question 4

4th amendment

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protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government

Question 5

5th amendment

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protects people from being forced to testify against themselves, or to provide evidence that could be used in court to incriminate them.

Question 6

6th amendment

Answer 6

gives citizens a series of rights in criminal trials

Question 7

7th amendment

Answer 7

guarantees the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases

Question 8

8th amendment

Answer 8

Freedom from excessive bail, fines, and cruel punishments

Question 9

9th amendment

Answer 9

protects, the right to vote, the right to travel, the right to privacy, and one’s own body

Question 10

10th amendment

Answer 10

powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people

Question 11

11th amendment

Answer 11

renders the states immune from lawsuits from out-of-state citizens and foreign individuals

Question 12

12th amendment

Answer 12

a series of adjustments to the Electoral College system. For the electors, it was now mandated that a distinct vote had to be taken for the president and the vice president. Further, one of the selected candidates must be someone who is not from the same state as the elector.

Question 13

13th amendment

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forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment

Question 14

14th amendment

Answer 14

grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people

Question 15

15th amendment

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grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status

Question 16

16th amendment

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grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population

Question 17

17th amendment

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provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters of the states. It altered the electoral mechanism established in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution

Question 18

18th amendment

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declared the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal

Question 19

19th amendment

Answer 19

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of gender

Question 20

20th amendment

Answer 20

changed the start dates for the terms of the president, vice president, and members of Congress.

Question 21

21st amendment

Answer 21

ending the federal ban on alcohol

Question 22

22nd amendment

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No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice

Question 23

23rd amendment

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gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote in presidential elections

Question 24

24th amendment

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abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections

Question 25

25th amendment

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Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Question 26

27th amendment

Answer 26

forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes

Question 27

26th amendment

Answer 27

lowered the voting age for all Americans to eighteen years