Amendments Review Quiz

What is the purpose of the United States Bill of Rights?

• To provide more power to the National Government
• To protect the individual rights of the people
• To grant powers to the states
• To establish rule of law

Which liberty is guaranteed by the first amendment?

• freedom of speech
• the right to vote
• the right to bear arms
• protection from unreasonable search and seizure

Amendments 4-8 deal with the rights of 

• women
• slaves
• the accused
• personal expression

Which amendment was affected  MOST by the Civil War?

• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment
• 26th Amendment

When it was created, the 14th amendment to the Constitution ensured rights for

• Women
• Children
• Native Americans
• African Americans

Which is an example of something outlawed by the 14th Amendment?

• owning slaves
• passing "Jim Crow" laws
• requiring voters to take tests
• having different laws for different races

The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution was intended to grant voting rights to which group?

• women
• immigrants
• land owners
• freed slaves

Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

Which Amendment prevents government from charging excessive bails or fines AND from overseeing cruel and unusual punishments

• 5th
• 6th
• 8th
• 9th

The Constitutional amendment that prevented denying voting rights to people based on race or color is the

• 12th
• 15th 
• 13th 
• 14th