27 Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to Keep, Bear Arms

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

No Lodging Troops in Private Homes

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

Unlawful Search and Seizure

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

Criminal Proceedings; guarantees Due Process; Eminent Domain; no Double Jeopardy; no Self incrimination

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

Criminal Proceedings; right to speedy and fair trial; Must inform defendant of charge/s; Right to Attorney; Right to fair impartial jury

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

Trial by Jury in Civil Cases where value exceeds $20

Question 8

8th Amendment

Answer 8

No Excessive Bail or fines; No Cruel or Unusual Punishment

Question 9

9th Amendment

Answer 9

Unenumerated Rights

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

Powers Reserved to the States

Question 11

11th Amendment

Answer 11

Suits Against States

Question 12

12th Amendment

Answer 12

Requires Separate Electoral ballots for President and Vice President

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Abolished Slavery

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

Grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”; it forbids any state to deny any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law”

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

No Denying Right to Vote— Race, Color, Servitude

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

Congress can tax income directly

Question 17

17th Amendment

Answer 17

Popular Election of Senators

Question 18

18th Amendment

Answer 18

Prohibition of alcohol

Question 19

19th Amendment

Answer 19

Cannot be deprived the right to vote based on sex

Question 20

20th Amendment

Answer 20

Sets the terms of President and Vice President (Jan 20), and Congress (Jan 3).

Question 21

21st Amendment

Answer 21

Repeal of 18th Amendment

Question 22

22nd Amendment

Answer 22

Presidential Tenure; No President may serve more than 2 elected terms

Question 23

23rd Amendment

Answer 23

Appointment of presidential electors representing Washington, D.C.

Question 24

24th Amendment

Answer 24

Prohibited the use of poll taxes to abridge voting rolls

Question 25

25th Amendment

Answer 25

Presidential Succession; Vice Presidential Vacancy; Presidential Inability

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

Cannot be denied the right to vote because of your age if you’re at least 18

Question 27

27th Amendment

Answer 27

Prevents any law that changes the salaries of Senators and Representatives from taking effect until the next election occurs