Amendments to the United States Constitution

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

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

What is an amendment?

• A change or addition

• An introduction or statement of purpose

• A formal meeting called for a special purpose

• A belief or judgement of an individual group

Amendment 26 grants citizens the right to vote at the age of

• 16
• 18
• 21
• 30

an amendment is best defined as:

• to confirm by expressing consent of approval
• to officially cancel or overturn
• a change to a constitution

How many times has the constitution been amened?

• 26 times
• 15 times
• 27 times
• 28 times

How does the Constitution address the concern raised by Thomas Jefferson?

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times." - Thomas Jefferson

• It allows for separation of powers

• It allows for checks and balances

• It allows for amendments to the Constitution

• It allows for limited government

The 18th Amendment, Prohibition, was repealed by the ____ Amendment. This is the only amendment in US history to get rid of an earlier amendment.

• 11th

• 21st

• 27th

• 15th

The 14th Amendment states:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Today, this amendment gives natural born citizenship meaning babies born in the US are automatically citizens. The amendment was originally designed to grant citizenship to

• the children of Irish-Americans

• children born in US territories that had not yet become states

• women who did not yet have the right to vote but needed some legal protection

• recently freed slaves