3.3 - Amendments

Which amendment establishes the right of people to keep and bear arms?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

Under which category is the Nineteenth Amendment, which gives women the right to vote, classified?

• structural changes to the Constitution

• extensions of government power

• extensions of individual rights

• extensions of states' powers

Which amendment protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

What method has been used to propose all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• two-thirds of states called for a convention

• the Supreme Court ruled that part of the Constitution was out of date

• special elections that received two-thirds approval from voters throughout the nation

• a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate

Under which category is the Sixteenth Amendment, which give Congress the power to collect taxes on income, classified?

• structural changes to the Constitution

• extensions of government power

• extensions of individual rights

• extensions of states' powers

Under which category is the Seventeenth Amendment, which establishes that U.S. Senators are elected by the people of a state instead of the state legislature, classified?

• structural changes to the Constitution

• extensions of government power

• extensions of individual rights

• extensions of states' powers

How many states need to ratify a proposed amendment before it becomes part of the U.S. Constitution?

• 25 states

• two-thirds of the states

• three-fourths of the states

• half of the states

Which amendment was later repealed?

• Thirteenth Amendment - abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude

• Fourteenth Amendment - establishing requirements for citizenship

• Eighteenth Amendment - establishing prohibition

• Twenty-sixth Amendment - giving citizens 18 years old or older the right to vote

Under which category is the Twenty-second Amendment, which limits presidents to a maximum of two elected terms classified?

• structural changes to the Constitution

• extensions of government power

• extensions of individual rights

• extensions of states' powers

Which best describes the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• the Twenty-Sixth Amendment prohibited discrimination

• the president issued an executive order declaring separate facilities discriminatory

• states passed laws declaring discrimination illegal

• the Supreme Court reversed a decision it made 60 years earlier