Amendment Test 1-27

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

Fifteenth Amendment

• 18 Year Olds

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Women

15th Amendment - 19th Amendment - 24th Amendment - 26th Amendment

The four amendments mentioned above are similar in that each

• expanded the rights of the accused

• put limits on Presidential powers

• shifted more power to state governments

• extended the vote to a disenfranchised group

The right to peacefully assemble...

• 5th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 8th Amendment

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

Twenty-sixth Amendment

• 18 Year Olds

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Women

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

What conclusion can be drawn from this photograph?

• Some states required citizens to own property before they would be allowed to vote

• African Americans have enjoyed the right to vote throughout U.S. History

• Some Southern states sought to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote

• This image would not be possible if not for the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

The right to peacefully assemble...

• 5th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 8th Amendment

The Third Amendment

• No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

• In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.

• Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

• Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

The right of the people to be secure in their

persons, houses, papers, and effects, against

unreasonable searches and seizures...

• 2nd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

This amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote.

• 5th

• 26th

• 9th

• 19th