Amendment Origins
Why was the 13th Amendment passed?
What is Abolish slavery in the United States
What did the 19th Amendment do?
What gave women the right to vote
What does the First Amendment protect?
what is freedom of religion, assembly, speech, press, petion
What did the 13th Amendment do?
What is ended slavery in the United States
What did the 26th Amendment do?
What is lowered the voting age to 18
What did the 26th Amendment change?
What is it lowered the voting age to 18
What did the 15th Amendment do?
What is gave African American men the right to vote
What does the Second Amendment protect?
What is the right to bear arms
Which amendment is known as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?
What is not an amendment
What did the 21st Amendment do?
What is ended Prohibition
Why was the 14th Amendment important?
What is It granted citizenship and equal rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States
What did the 24th Amendment do?
What is stopped people from having to pay a fee (called a poll tax) to vote
What does the Fifth Amendment protect?
What is the right to remain silent and not self incriminate
Which amendment faced opposition but eventually gave African American men the right to vote?
What is the 15th Amendment
What did the 22nd Amendment do?
What is limited the president to serving a maximum of two terms
Why was the 12th Amendment important?
What is the change to the way presidents and vice presidents are elected
What did the 23rd Amendment do?
Why is the Third Amendment important?
What is Soldiers can't stay in people home's without permissions
What did the 21st Amendment do?
What is ended Prohibition, allowing alcohol to be sold and consumed again
What was the main purpose of the 16th Amendment?
What is to allow the government to collect income taxes
What did the 17th Amendment change about how senators are chosen?
What is people vote for senators directly
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
What is equal protection under the law for all citizens
What does the Sixth Amendment protect?
What amendment was originally suggested with the Bill of Rights but did not become an amendment until 1992?
What is the 27th Amendment