The Amendments



The Amendments (Review Book pg. 55-61 and 327-334)

1. The first ten Amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as?

2. What essential freedoms are guaranteed us by the first amendment?

3. What right does the 2nd amendment protect?

4. Why is the 3rd Amendment included in the Bill of Rights?

5. According to the 4th Amendment, when may a police officer search a private house?

6. What are the four rights guaranteed to an accused person by the 5th Amendment? What other right is established in the 5th amendment for the government?

7. What does the 6th amendment guarantee? The sixth Amendment guarantees four particular rights to enable an accused person to present the best possible defense in federal court. These are:

8. What does the 7th amendment guarantee?

9. What does the 8th amendment protect citizens from?

10. What does the 9th amendment say about rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution?

11. What does the 10th amendment say about rights not defined or delegated by Constitution?

12. What does the 12th Amendment change? Explain

13. The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are known collectively as?

14. Which Amendment abolished slavery?

15. What does the 14th Amendment guarantee everyone born or naturalized in the United States?

16. Which amendment extends the right to vote to black men?

17. Why was the 16th Amendment added?

18. What does the 17th Amendment provide?

19. What did the 18th amendment ban?

20. Which Amendment was later repealed the 18th amendment?

21. What does the 19th Amendment do?

22. How did the 20th amendment change the inauguration process?

23. How does the 22nd amendment restrict the amount of terms which may be served by a President?

24. How did the 23rd amendment change the Electoral College for a second time?

25. What type of tax is banned by the 24th amendment?

26. What does the 25th amendment deal with? Explain

27. Who does the 26th amendment extend the right to vote to?

28. What is the number of the last amendment? What does the last amendment state?

29. What do the 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th amendment all have in common?

30. Excluding the Bill of Rights, how many times has the Constitution been amended?

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