Amendments

The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is

• 25
• 27
• 10
• 16

The name for the first ten amendments of the Constitution which ensure that the government cannot take away personal freedoms is

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Bill of Rights
• The Magna Carta
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Slavery was abolished in 1865 by

• Amendment 3
• Amendment 4
• Amendment 13
• Amendment 14

Which amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

• Amendment 1
• Amendment 17
• Amendment 2
• Amendment 4

Since winning the right to vote in 1920, women have slowly gained political power.  Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

• Amendment 19
• Amendment 16
• Amendment 17
• Amendment 6

You disapprove of your neighbor’s gun collection. What gives him the right to keep his guns in his possession?

• Amendment 9
• Amendment 11
• Amendment 2
• Amendment 15

It is illegal to make any citizen pay for the right to vote because of

• Amendment 24, Poll Tax
• Amendment 27, Congressional Pay
• Amendment 16, Income Tax
• Amendment 25, Presidential Succession

According to Amendment 10, powers not specifically listed in the federal Constitution are granted to

• State governments
• Congress
• Supreme Court
• The President

Amendment 15 says that all citizens have the right to ______________ regardless of race

• A fair trial
• Rebel
• Vote
• State their opinion

According to Amendment 18 (which was later repealed), adults could not legally buy alcoholic beverages. The practice of making it illegal to buy alcoholic beverages was called

• Right to Vote
• Income Tax
• Women’s Suffrage
• Prohibition