Do you know the Amendments?

Provides for the election of the president and vice president on separate ballots:

• Amendment XX (20).

• Amendment XXI (21).

• Amendment XII (12).

• Amendment II (2).

Gives the people the right to elect their senators directly:

• Amendment VII (7).

• Amendment XVII (17).

• Amendment XVI (16).

• Amendment VI (6).

Protects against unreasonable search and arrest:

• Amendment I (1).

• Amendment II (2).

• Amendment IV (4).

• Amendment XVII (17).

Gives citizenship to former slaves:

• Amendment XIII (13).

• Amendment XIV (14).

• Amendment XV (15).

• Amendment XVI (16).

Provides that a state cannot be sued in any court other than the courts of that state. In other words, you can't sue a state in a federal court.

• Amendment IX (9).

• Amendment X (10).

• Amendment XI (11).

• Amendment XII (12).

Repealed the prohibition amendment:

• Amendment XVIII (18).

• Amendment XX1 (21).

• Amendment XXII (22).

• Amendment XIX (19).

Protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition:

• Amendment II (2).

• Amendment I (1).

• Amendment V (5).

• Amendment III (3).

Guarantees the right to a speedy trial with, if needed, a court-appointed lawyer:

• Amendment V (5).

• Amendment VI (6).

• Amendment VII (7).

• Amendment VIII (8).

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called:

• the Preamble.

• the Bill of Rights.

• the Civil Amendments.

• the Reconstruction Amendments.

Powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people:

• Amendment X (10).

• Amendment XVI (16).

• Amendment VII (7).

• Amendment XXVI (26).