GOV 3: Constitution and Amendments

Which of the following are amendments that expanded voting rights

• 26

• 13

• 19

• 24

• 15

What is the 9th Amendment?

• Rights reserved to the States

• Defines Citizenship

• Citizens still have rights not listed in the Constitution

• Abolished Slavery

Identify which group was extended voting rights by the following amendments:

Twenty-sixth Amendment

• 18 Year Olds

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Women

This Amendment has the President inaugurated on January 20th so they can get started/working sooner.

• 12th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 25th Amendment

This Amendment set a limit on the number of time someone could be President to two terms.

• 22nd Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 20th Amendment

The 18th Amendment, Prohibition, was repealed by the ____ Amendment.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

This amendment is why you have a CA driver's license and not a US driver's license

• 9th

• 10th

• 11th

• 12th

Which amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
-10 amendment
Which principle of the U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above?

• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers
• Due Process

What challenge was resolved by the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?

• to eliminate the imposition of poll taxes in federal elections

• to allow citizens instead of state legislatures to vote for U.S. Senators

• to increase United States power throughout the world

• to correct political, economic, and social problems in the federal government