Amendments

Question 1

1st Amendment

Answer 1

Individual Liberties/Freedoms
RAPPS

Question 2

2nd Amendment

Answer 2

Right to bear arms

Question 3

3rd Amendment

Answer 3

No Quartering Soldiers

Question 4

4th Amendment

Answer 4

No illegal searches and seizures

Question 5

5th Amendment

Answer 5

Due process

Question 6

6th Amendment

Answer 6

Criminal cases, right to a lawyer and jury trial

Question 7

7th Amendment

Answer 7

Civil Cases, right to a jury trial

Question 8

8th Amendment

Answer 8

No cruel and unusual punishments

Question 9

9th Amendment

Answer 9

People’s rights

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

State’s rights

Question 11

11th Amendment

Answer 11

Limits the judicial power of the Federal Courts over the states.

Question 12

12th Amendment

Answer 12

Separate elections for President and Vice President

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Abolish Slavery

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

Grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”; includes Due Process and Equal Protection

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

Removes race requirement for voting

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

Allows Congress to collect income taxes

Question 17

17th Amendment

Answer 17

Direct election of Senators

Question 18

18th Amendment

Answer 18

Prohibition

Question 19

19th Amendment

Answer 19

Women’s Suffrage

Question 20

20th Amendment

Answer 20

Moved Inauguration Day to Jan. 20th

Question 21

21th Amendment

Answer 21

Repealed 18th Amendment

Question 22

22th Amendment

Answer 22

Presidential Term Limits

Question 23

23rd Amendment

Answer 23

D.C. can vote in Presidnetial elections

Question 24

24th Amendment

Answer 24

Eliminates poll taxes

Question 25

25th Amendment

Answer 25

Presidential Succession

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

Lowers voting age to 18

Question 27

27th Amendment

Answer 27

Rules on congress salaries