Amendments Basics
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This branch makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the Twenty-sixth Amendment?
A proposed law is called this.
What is a bill?
This group has 100 members and 6-year terms.
What is the Senate?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This person is the Commander-in-Chief of the military.
Who is the President?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This person can sign or veto a bill.
Who is the President?
This group has 435 members and 2-year terms.
What is the House of Representatives?
This amendment ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This branch interprets laws and the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment banned poll taxes.
What is the Twenty-fourth Amendment?
If a president ignores a bill and Congress adjourns, it's called this.
What is a pocket veto?
This branch has the power to declare war.
What is Congress?
This amendment protects against self-incrimination and ensures due process.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This branch can veto a bill.
What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
If the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, this committee resolves it.
What is a conference committee?
This chamber confirms Supreme Court justices.
What is the Senate?
This amendment says powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This court is the highest in the judicial branch.
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This vote is needed to override a presidential veto.
What is a two-thirds vote in both houses?
This part of Congress can impeach the president.
What is the House of Representatives?