Bill of Rights
List the five freedoms granted in the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is the only amendment to be repealed?
18th Amendment
What article of the Constitution defines the process of adding amendments.
Article V (5)
How many amendments have been passed to the states by Congress but failed to be ratified by the states?
6
Which article of the Constitution defines the formal amendment process?
Article V
What year were the Bill of Rights ratified?
1791
What is the 26th amendment?
Changed the voting age from 21 to 18
How many amendments have been sent to the states to be voted on?
33
What is an outstanding amendment?
An amendment that has never been ratified and does not have an expiration date written into it.
Which amendment addresses citizenship, equal protection, and due process?
14th Amendment
Who proposed the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
What amendment was part of the original bill of rights but did not pass until 200 years later?
27th Amendment
What year was the last amendment ratified?
1992
Describe the Original First Amendment.
defining the distribution of seats within the House of Representatives.
When and where were the Bill of Rights proposed?
The first session of the first Congress in 1789
4th Amendment
What amendment define the 2 term limit for presidents and allotting a max of 10 years in office?
22nd Amendment
How many votes are needed in Congress for an amendment to pass through to the states?
2/3 vote
Explain what the Anti-Title Amendment was.
This amendment would strip U.S. citizenship from anyone who accepted or received any title of nobility from a foreign power/country.
What are the Reconstruction Amendements?
13, 14, and 15 --- following the Civil War
What amendments specifies the right to a jury trial in federal civil court cases?
7th amendment
What is the 17th amendment?
Popular election for U.S. Senators
How many states need to ratify an amendment before it is added to the Constitution?
38 or 3/4ths
Which failed amendment was the closes to being ratified by the states but expired before being able to?
The 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Which amendment is described by the fact that the Constitution spells out a number of civil rights, this does not mean that there are not other, unwritten rights held by the people
9th Amendment