The Amendments

The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are known as

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

The Twenty-Second Amendment limits the number of terms a President may serve in office.

How many terms may a president serve?

• 2 four-year terms

• 2 two-year terms

• 2 six-year terms

The Twenty-Third Amendment allowed residents of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections. How many electors does Washington, D.C. have in an election today?

• 2

• 3

• 6

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age in the United States to:

• 16

• 21

• 18

The First Amendment protects your right to

• tell or write a lie about someone

• worship freely

• threaten a person

The Second Amendment protects your right to

• bare arms

• assemble

• free speech

The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments focus on providing fair application of the law to all individuals and protecting rights of the accused. Fair application of the law is called:

• sovereignty

• federalism

• due process

If an individual were arrested they should be read the Miranda Rights, which inform the individual of their right to remain silent and their right to an attorney. Which amendments protect these rights?

• The 1st and 2nd Amendments

• The 5th and 6th Amendments

• The 15th and 19th Amendments

The Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments all expand the right to vote to new groups of people. What is the term for the right to vote?

• impeachment

• suffrage

• checks and balances

The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920 and extended voting rights to about half of the adult population of the United States. Who gained the right to vote with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment?

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• women