Amendments Test

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

-right to speech, religion, assembly, press, petition government

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

-right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd amendment

Answer 3

-No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, unless by law

Question 4

4rth

Answer 4

need warrant or probable cause to be searched

Question 5

5th Amendemnt

Answer 5

Safe from self-incrimination

Question 6

Double Jeopardy

Answer 6

Can’t be tried for the same crime twice

Question 7

Good faith exception

Answer 7

favors the police, allows police to seize evidence not on a warrant, to be used in the overall investigation

Question 8

Exclusionary Rule

Answer 8

-favors the defendant
-prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence from being used in court

Question 9

Why can you be searched at Disney without a warrant?

Answer 9

Public Saftey

Question 10

What is a change of venue?

Answer 10

Where you change locations in order to have a fair trial. This usually occurs when the trial gains too much publicity

Question 11

Eminent Domain

Answer 11

(Part of 5th Amendment) right of local/state/federal govt to take your private property for public use.

Question 12

Slander

Answer 12

the spoken word, knowingly saying things are untrue to harm a person, physical or emotional. Ex: bullying, gossip, rumors, cyberbullying

Question 13

Libel

Answer 13

the written word, knowingly writing things that are untrue about a person, example, social media, gossip magazines, newspapers can print a retraction saying they make a mistake

Question 14

6th Amendment

Answer 14

right to a speedy and public trial

Question 15

7th

Answer 15

civil cases, or lawsuits based on disagreements between people or businesses, have a right to be decided by a jury in federal court. The amount of the lawsuit must be more than $20, and after a jury settles the case, it shouldn’t go back to trial again

Question 16

8th

Answer 16

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted

Question 17

9th

Answer 17

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

Question 18

10th

Answer 18

says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or to the people

Question 19

11th

Answer 19

text prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states.

Question 20

12th

Answer 20

modifies the way the Electoral College chooses the president and vice president.

Question 21

13th

Answer 21

abolishment of slavery

Question 22

14th

Answer 22

defines all people born in the United States as citizens, requires due process of law, and requires equal protection to all people. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

Question 23

15th

Answer 23

prevents the denial of a citizen’s vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 24

16th

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gives the Federal Government the power to levy an income tax on all income earners in the United States

Question 25

17th

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gave people the right to vote for their senators instead of the state legislature

Question 26

18th

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declared the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal

Question 27

19th

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granted women the right to vote

Question 28

20th

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designed to remove the excessively long period of time a defeated president or member of Congress would continue to serve after his or her failed bid for reelection

Question 29

20th

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designed to remove the excessively long period of time a defeated president or member of Congress would continue to serve after his or her failed bid for reelection

Question 30

21st

Answer 30

Repealed the 18th amendment. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited

Question 31

22

Answer 31

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once

Question 32

23

Answer 32

The amendment grants the district electors in the Electoral College as though it were a state, though the district can never have more electors than the least-populous state. How the electors are appointed is to be determined by Congress.

Question 33

24

Answer 33

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President -outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections

Question 34

25th

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In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President

Question 35

26

Answer 35

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age

Question 36

27

Answer 36

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.