Important Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and right to petition the government.

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to bear arms.

Question 3

4th Amendment

Answer 3

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Question 4

5th Amendment

Answer 4

Due process rights (right to fair justice, and freedoms from self incrimination). Also, one cannot be tried twice for the same crime. This is a freedom from “double-jeopardy.”

Question 5

6th Amendment

Answer 5

Right to a fair trial and attorney.

Question 6

10th Amendment

Answer 6

Division of powers between the states and federal government (called federalism).

Question 7

13th Amendment

Answer 7

Abolition of Slavery.

Question 8

14th Amendment

Answer 8

Equality and Due Process Clause.

Question 9

15th Amendment

Answer 9

Universal Male Suffrage.

Question 10

16th Amendment

Answer 10

Graduated Income Tax.

Question 11

17th Amendment

Answer 11

Graduated Income Tax.

Question 12

19th Amendment

Answer 12

Women’s Suffrage.

Question 13

25th Amendment

Answer 13

Clarified succession of the President, and vacancy of Vice President’s office.

Question 14

22nd Amendment

Answer 14

Two Term Limit for Presidents.

Question 15

26th Amendment

Answer 15

Lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971, as Vietnam War soldiers were not old enough to vote.

Question 16

Bill of Rights

Answer 16

Amendments 1-10, created to appease anti-federalists