27 Amendments

Question 0

Right to bear Arms

Was NOT meant just for hunters, but for all citizens and allowed them to protect themselves from a tyrannical government

Answer 0

Amendment 2

Question 1

5 Rights that deal with expression - religion, expression, speech, assembly, and press

Answer 1

Amendment 1

Question 2

Quartering the troops; can’t force families to quarter soldiers

Answer 2

Amendment 3

Question 3

Searches and seizures

Can’t search without a warrant
Evidence obtained w/o a warrant is not permissible in court

Answer 3

Amendment 4

Question 4

Can’t be forced to give evidence against oneself – pleading the 5th

eminent domain - the government can take your property from you if it deems it necessary for the good of the country (interstate highway)

Double jeopardy - can’t be tried for the same time twice

Answer 4

Amendment 5

Question 5

Right to a speedy trial and right to an attorney

Answer 5

Amendment 6

Question 6

Right to trial by jury in civil cases if the dollar amount exceeds $20.00

Civil cases don’t involve prison time

Answer 6

Amendment 7

Question 7

Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments

Prohibits excessive bails

Answer 7

Amendment 8

Question 8

Enumerated Rights – rights that have not been explicitly mentioned this far are still retained by the people

Answer 8

Amendment 9

Question 9

States Rights – power reserved to the states respectively or to the people

Gives power to the states

Ratified by James Madison in 1789

Answer 9

Amendment 10

Question 10

Suits against the states

States cannot be sued in federal court by one of its citizens or by a citizen of another state

Answer 10

Amendment 11

Question 11

Procedure for electing president and Vice President

If there is no clear winner of the presidential election , the house of reps shall elect the president and the senate elects the Vice President

John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson elected this way

Answer 11

Amendment 12

Question 12

Slavery

Abolishment of slavery in the US

Answer 12

Amendment 13

Question 13

Citizenship

Defines a US citizen

Prohibits the states from reducing the privileges of citizens and emphasizes their right. I.e. State government had to abide by the Bill of Rights too, not just by the federal government

Answer 13

Amendment 14

Question 14

Right to vote

The right to vote to all 21 year old males regardless of race, color, or previous status of servitude

Answer 14

Amendment 15

Question 15

Income tax

Allows federal government to collect taxes on your income

Answer 15

Amendment 16

Question 16

Election of Senators

Allows for the direct election of the US senators to the senate from the people

Before this amendment, senators were chosen by the state legislatures

Answer 16

Amendment 17

Question 17

Prohibition

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, transportation, import/export of alcohol

Answer 17

Amendment 18

Question 18

Suffrage for women

Answer 18

Amendment 19

Question 19

Terms of President, sessions of congress, vacancy of president

• “Lame duck” amendment
• Moved starting date for presidents term from March 4th to January 20th
• Moved starting date of congress to January 3rd
• If president dies before January 20th, the Vice President is sworn into office as acting president

Answer 19

Amendment 20

Question 20

Repeal of the 18th amendment

The only amendment that cancels out a previous amendment

Answer 20

Amendment 21

Question 21

Limitation of Presidential Terms

No president can serve more than 2 terms; maximum is 10 years

Answer 21

Amendment 22

Question 22

Electors of Washington, D.C.

Gives Washington, D.C. 3 electoral votes in the presidential elections

Electoral votes normally given to states only

Answer 22

Amendment 23

Question 23

Anti-Poll Tax

Prohibits taxing someone in order to vote

Jim Crowe laws

Answer 23

Amendment 24

Question 24

Presidential Disability and Vice President vacancies President can be deemed unfit for the president if the vp and a majority of the cabinet agrees that he is unfit for duty President can appoint a new VP if his current VP does or is removed, a new VP must be approved by Congress

Answer 24

Amendment 25

Question 25

Lowering voting age to 18 Shortest time to ratify due to Vietnam war Proposed march 1971; ratified July 1971

Answer 25

Amendment 26

Question 26

Congressional Pay Proposed in 1789. Ratified in 1992 - one of Madison's original 12 congress may vote themselves a pay raise, but it will not take effect until after the next election Longest time to ratify

Answer 26

Amendment 27