The __________ were the first ten amendments added to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights.
100
Citizens of America have the right to own a weapon according to which amendment?
What is The Second Amendment.
100
The 18th amendment basically banned this.
What is alcohol.
100
True or False? Men and women were given the right to vote at the same time.
What is False. All males (no matter what race) were allowed to vote in 1870. All women did not have this right until 1920.
100
Our constitution is divided into two major parts. They are....
What are Articles and Amendments.
200
An _________ is a change or addition to a document.
What is an Amendment.
200
True or False? Police officers must have a warrant in order to search someone's house or items someone owns.
What is True.
200
This amendment gave the U.S. government the power to tax people's wages.
What is the 16th amendment.
200
The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to this.
What is 18 years old.
200
There have been ______ amendments to our constitution so far.
What are 27 amendments.
300
_______ primarily focus on what type of government we have and the roles of each of the three branches.
What are articles.
300
True or False? A person can be charge with the same crime over and over again.
What is False. They can only be charged of a crime once.
300
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were aimed at giving former slaves and other groups the same rights enjoyed by many other Americans. These amendments were known as this.
What are the Civil War Amendments.
300
The 15th amendment gave all _________ the right to vote.
What is men.
300
The 20th amendment states that the newly elected President is inaugurated on this date.
What is January 20th.
400
This means to get rid of an earlier amendment.
What is repeal.
400
True or False? A person has the right to a speedy trial before a jury or judge.
What is True.
400
The 13th amendment banned this.
What is slavery.
400
In 1920, this amendment gave voting rights to all women.
What is the 19th amendment.
400
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment.
500
The freedom to _________ means that people may let the government know what they are unhappy about and want changed.
What is petition.
500
Name three freedoms given to us by the First Amendment.
What is the freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition.
500
The 15th amendment gave all _______ citizens the right to vote.
What is male.
500
The 23rd amendment gave people who live in ___________
the right to vote for president and vice-president.
What is Washington, D.C.
500
True or False? An amendment can be a change to any document, not just the U.S. Constitution.
What is True. An amendment is a change or addition to any document. In this case, our Constitution.