Suffrage Amendments
Rights of the accused
First Amendment
Reconstruction Amendments
Progressive Era Amendments
Amendment Basics
100
What was the 18th Amendment about?
What happened to it?
Prohibiting intoxicating Liquors.
Repealed by 21st Amendment.
100
What is the 6th Amendment?
The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
100
What amendment allows freedom of speech?
The First Amendment
100
The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to kids born in America. Do the parents also receive citizenship with their kids?
No
100
Who gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment?
Women
100
What is an amendment?
A change or correction made by a certain process
200
Which amendment says that African Americans can vote?
15th Amendment
200
What does the 5th amendment do?
A right against forced self-incrimination. A guarantee that all criminal defendants have a fair trial, and. A guarantee that the government cannot seize private property without making a due compensation at the market value of the property.
200
What is a first amendment freedom besides speech or religion?
Press, petition or assembly
200
Before the 13th Amendment. What person declared slaves free?
Abraham Lincoln
200
The 17th Amendment gave voters the power to elect their state's ____________.
Senators
200
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
300
What amendment changes the appointments of Senators to elections by the people.
17th Amendment
300
What is a reason that allows police to search a home?
Examples include a warrant, plain view, probable cause
300
What is freedom of religion?
The right to worship how you want
300
What amendment was ratified immediately after the Civil War (1865)?
The 13th Amendment
300
What did the 16th Amendment give Congress the power to do?
Levy income taxes
300
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
27
400
Defines what citizens can vote.
14 amendment.
400
What are 2 rights you have when you get arrested?
Examples include: The right to a lawyer (one will be provided if you cannot afford one), to know what you are charged with, a speedy trial, the right to remain silent, due process
400
Why is having an understanding of the First Amendment important?
Example: Because they include some of the most basic freedoms
400
What amendment gave all male Americans the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
400
Who wrote the 19th Amendment?
Susan B. Anthony
400
Why is Article V of the Constitution important?
EXAMPLE RESPONSE: It allows the Constitution to change and adapt to the times. Without it we might need to change governments frequently.
500
What year was the 19th amendment ratified? What does it do?
It was ratified in 1920. It allowed women to vote.
500
What are Miranda rights (or Miranda warning)?
Police must inform an arrested person of their rights
500
What is a limit on freedom of speech?
Examples of include fraud, defamation, incitement...
500
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An executive order that freed slaves in rebel areas
500
What is a reason the 18th Amendment failed?
Examples: It led to crime, people kept drinking, there was less tax revenue, it was unpopular, it was difficult to enforce, many people died drinking bootleg liquor...
500
How is an amendment added to the Constitution?
