Amendments Test Review

What do the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth amendments all have in common?

•   a. They each define the rights of all citizens.
•   b. They each undo previous amendments.
• c. They each give voting rights to a group that did not previously have them.
• d. They were each adopted in the 1800s.

The Seventeenth Amendment provides that senators are elected

• directly by the people of each state.
• by the state legislatures.
• by the electoral college
• by the House of Representatives.

Which of the following is a key provision of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• It protects all citizens' freedom of speech
• It defines citizenship
• It abolishes slavery
• It explains that people who fought for the South in the Civil War will never be allowed to hold office in the United States

The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees

• that states will not deny anyone equal protection of the laws.
• that everyone except criminals will be counted when figuring a state's number of representatives in Congress
• the right to vote to all former slaves.
• the same rights as those named in the Fifth Amendment.

You can infer from the Twenty-third Amendment that

•  people living in Washington, D.C., were not entitled to vote for President before the  amendment was passed
• Washington, D.C., has been treated like a state for most purposes in the Constitution.
• the population of Washington, D.C., is very large
• the people in Washington, D.C., did not care if they could vote for President or not.

Which amendment states that a person may be elected to no more than two consecutive terms as President?

• 12th
• 17th
• 20th
• 22nd

In 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned from office. Which amendment explains what action had to be taken after that?

• 20th
• 22nd
• 25th
• 26th

Which of these happened first?

• passage of the 21st Amendment
• Growth of the Temperance Movement
• passage of the 18th Amendment
• increases in the drinking age of most states

Which statement reflects a positive view of the Sixteenth Amendment?

• Taxes are needed to assist the government in providing for services
• Women deserve to vote
• Banning alcohol will improve society
• one positive part of Reconstruction is it helped to end slavery

Poll taxes were used to discriminate against poor and minority voters. Which Amendment prohibited the use of the poll tax?

• 24th
• 22nd
• 26th
• 23rd