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What amendment?
What caused the amendment to be made?
How do amendments affect people?
Quotes and Other sources: Identifying Skills
100
Poll taxes were outlawed by the ___th amendment to
___=24 To prevent discrimination against certain
100
What is the 18th amendment?
The 18th amendment prohibits making,selling,transporting, importing, and exporting alcoholic beverages. (ban of alcohol)
100
The fourteenth amendment said that all people born in the United States and under its rule are:
Citizens
100
The quote: " We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice………". Is from which amendment of the Constitution?
It was not any of the amendments. The quote is from the Preamble, the first part of the Constitution. *It was a trick question.*
200
What amendment extended suffrage to nearly half of all American citizens? Why did it affect so many?
The 19th amendment extended suffrage for nearly half of all American citizens because it allowed women to vote. With this, about half of the population are females.
200
What is the 21st amendment?
The 21st amendment repeals prohibition. (It is the opposite of the 18th amendment)
200
"The Judicial power of the United States shall not be constructed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." Quoted from the __ amendment
__=11th
300
Which statement reflects a positive view of the 16th amendment? A. Taxes are needed to help the government do good for all of us. B. Even women deserve to vote. C. Banning alcohol will help businesses and improve family life. D.One positive result of Reconstruction is the end of slavery.
The answer is A.
300
What is the 11th amendment?
The 11th amendment places limits on lawsuits against states. ( a citizen in one state cannot sue another state government in federal court; they can sue the state government in the state court)
300
Twenty fifth amendment
In 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned from office. Which amendment explains what actions had to be taken after that?
300
What do you think the XXVI amendment states based on the prior knowledge of its definition?
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older…………………..
400
What do the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth amendments all have in common?
They each give voting rights to a group that did not previously have them.
400
What is the 27th amendment?
The 27th amendment delays congressional pay raises until the term following their passage.
400
What is the 27th amendment?
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
500
Which statement reflects a positive view of the 16th amendment? A. Taxes are needed to help the government do good for all of us. B. Even women deserve to vote. C. Banning alcohol will help businesses and improve family life. D.One positive result of Reconstruction is the end of slavery.
The order is B,C,A, and then D.
500
What is the 16th amendment?
The 16th amendment gives Congress the power to levy any income tax.