Amendments Quiz 2022

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to

• provide the President with power in times of emergency
• establish fair and impartial elections
• protect individual liberties
• guarantee voting privileges to minorities

Which guarantees freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion to individuals in the United States?

• the Treaty of Paris of 1783
• the Articles of Confederation
• the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

In the 8th Amendment, excessive fines cannot be imposed, excessive bail cannot be required and ____________.

• People cannot be forced to be witnesses against themselves.
• Cruel and unusual punishment cannot be inflicted.
• Warrants cannot be issued unless probable cause is established.
• A defendant cannot be denied a speedy and public trial.

Unreasonable searches and seizures are illegal, search warrants may not be issued without probable cause, and the place to be searched and the people or items to be seized must be described in a warrant are protections described in this amendment

• 4th amendment
• 5th amendment
• 6th amendment
• 7th amendment

Poll taxes, literacy tests & grandfather clauses are ways southern states weakened the effects of the —

• 13th amendment
• 14th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 10th amendment

When citizens report for jury duty, they are helping uphold a constitutional right guaranteed by the—

• 1st amendment
• 2nd amendment
• 6th amendment
• 10th amendment

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
 - United States Constitution, 10th Amendment
This amendment in the Bill of Rights was intended to -

• give people the right to vote on important issues
• reduce the rights of citizens
• limit the powers of the federal government
• assure federal control over the states

Which of the following events marked the symbolic ending of the abolitionist movement?

• the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln

• the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

• the congressional ban on the importation of slaves

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

From which amendment is this text taken?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

From which amendment is this text taken?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment