Student/Teacher Questions
What 5 freedoms are embodied in the first amendment
Freedom of
Religion
Speech
The Press
Assembly
Petition
The first 10 amendments are referred to as this
The Bill of Rights
This amendment protects against "unreasonable search and seizures"
The 4th Amendment
The 19th Amendment allowed for this
Womens right to vote
These two amendments address the filling of vacancies in the presidency.
amendments 12 and 25
Which of the first 10 amendments has never undergone judicial review
The Third Amendment
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What does this amendment state?
This amendment discusses the right to keep and bear arms
The 2nd Amendment
This amendment protects against excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment
The 8th Amendment
Following the presidency of FDR this amendment was ratified ensuring that future presidents would be limited to only two terms in office.
The 22nd Amendment
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17 of the constitution provided for the creation of the District of Columbia, but this amendment allows those residents to have electors in the electoral college.
The 23rd amendments
These are the prohibition amendments
One implements it and the other removes it
Amendments 18 and 21
This amendment is on civil suits
the 7th Amendment
This amendment protects against "double jeopardy" and self-incrimination
The 5th Amendment
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What do double jeopardy and self-incrimination mean?
This amendment paved the way for prohibition by changing the way taxes could be collected and allowing for this type of tax.
The 16th amendment
Income Tax
This amendment, first proposed by James Madison in 1789, was finally ratified in 1992 after Gregory Watson, a sophomore at the University of Texas, was assigned to write a paper about a government process.
The paper earned a C, but we earned this when Gregory appealed his grade to the country and the amendment was finally passed.
The 27th amendment
Prohibits congressional pay changes from taking effect until after the next election.
This amendment describes the succession to the presidency
The 25th amendment
Important for ensuring the constitutional protection of all natural rights, the ninth Amendment states this.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment 6 guarantees these 4 things
A speedy trial
A trial by jury
The right to face your accuser
The right to assistance of counsel for your defense
Following the Vietnam War, this amendment lowered the voting age from what to what
The 26th amendment
21 to 18
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What amendment previously set the age for voting?
Which amendment states "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
The 14th Amendment
This amendment changed the way vice presidents are elected
The 12th amendment
The 10th Amendment states this
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Oddly out of place, the declaration that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation is found in this amendment
The 5th Amendment
Following the civil war, these 3 amendments, known as the ____________ amendments, were ratified.
13th 14th and 15th amendments
Reconstruction amendments
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What did each of these amendments do?
Amendments to the constitution can be made by either of these two methods, found here in the constitution
2/3 of both houses of Congress shall propose the amendment and 3/4 of the states must ratify it
OR
2/3 of the states' legislatures shall call for a convention to propose the amendment and 3/4 of the states must ratify it
Article 5