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Amendment Review: Process and #1-27

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many amendments have been proposed to the states?

a)

33

b)

27

c)

28

d)

21

2.

Ended slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

3.

What did the 16th Amendment establish?

a)

Tax on income

b)

Tax on property

c)

Voting rights for women

d)

Voting rights for all men

4.

How many amendments have been ratified?

a)

33

b)

27

c)

28

d)

17

5.

How long can a president serve in office?

a)

2 full terms

b)

10 years or less

c)

12 years or less

d)

3 full terms

6.

Which amendment established presidential term limits?

a)

No amendment; established by Washington

b)

23rd Amendment

c)

22nd Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

7.

No illegal searches or seizures.

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

3rd

8.

Why did they want to lower the voting age to 18?

a)

18 year olds fighting in Vietnam War

b)

18 year olds fighting in Operation Desert Storm

c)

18 year olds serving in the Pacific during WWII

d)

18 year olds serving in Korean War

9.

What did the 21st amendment do?

a)

Repealed the 18th Amendment on prohibition

b)

Repealed the 18th Amendment on suffrage

c)

Repealed the 17th Amendment on prohibition

d)

Repealed the 18th Amendment on suffrage

10.

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as...

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Charter of Freedom #3

c)

Charter of Freedom #2

d)

English Bill of Rights

11.

No quartering of soldiers in private homes.

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

7th

d)

4th

12.

What does the 9th Amendment do?

a)

Establish there are more rights than those listed in the Bill of Rights

b)

If it's not a federal right, it's a state right

c)

No cruel or unusual punishments

d)

Right to trial by jury

13.

Which of the following does the 8th Amendment establish?

a)

No excessive fines

b)

Bail in proportion to crime

c)

No cruel or unusual punishment

d)

No death penalty

14.

Right to trial by jury in civil cases.

a)

6th

b)

7th

c)

4th

d)

9th

15.

If it's not a right given to the feds w/ the Constitution, it belongs to the states.

a)

8th

b)

10th

c)

3rd

d)

5th

16.

Which is included in the 5th Amendment?

a)

Government must pay for private land being used for public use

b)

Right to counsel in trials

c)

Right to due process

d)

No double jeopardy

17.

What is double jeopardy?

a)

Being tried for the exact same crime twice

b)

Being tried for double the charges (assault & theft)

c)

Being tried for two separate, but similar trials

d)

Being tried by a grand jury & common jury

18.

2nd Amendment is...

a)

Right to bear arms

b)

Right to free speech

c)

Right to not be tried for same crime twice

d)

Right to not quarter soldiers

19.

Which of the following are included under the first amendment?

a)

Free speech

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

Free Press

d)

Freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances

e)

Freedom to no illegal searches

20.

Right to assemble & protest guaranteed by ____.

a)

5th Amendment

b)

8th Amendment

c)

1st Amendment

d)

11th Amendment

21.

Right to have witnesses testify on your behalf is given by the ____ amendment.

a)

6th

b)

7th

c)

5th

d)

4th

22.

T or F: Right to have a lawyer is guaranteed by the 5th amendment.

a)

True

b)

False - guaranteed by the 7th

c)

False - guaranteed by the 4th

d)

False- guaranteed by the 6th

23.

Right to a quick trial

a)

5th

b)

6th

c)

7th

d)

8th

24.

T or F: Juries may be biased.

a)

False - 6th amendment guarantees an unbiased jury

b)

False - 7th amendment guarantees an unbiased jury

c)

True - 6th amendment allows a biased jury

d)

True - 7th amendment allows a biased jury

25.

Which of the following is given in the 8th amendment?

a)

No cruel or unusual punishment

b)

No excessive bail

c)

No excessive fines

d)

More rights than are listed here

e)

Right to trial by jury in civil cases

26.

Which 2 amendments were not originally ratified w/ the Bill of Rights

a)

Representation per 30,000 in a state

b)

No child labor

c)

Make slavery untouchable

d)

Congressional members can't give themselves an automatic pay raise

27.

Known as the lame duck amendment

a)

20th

b)

21st

c)

25th

d)

22nd

28.

What is a lame duck?

a)

President who doesn't work well w/ Congress

b)

Congressional member who has no allies in Congress

c)

President who is almost out of office and virtually powerless

d)

Vice President who is given no power by the President

29.

What did the 19th do?

a)

Gave black women the right to vote

b)

Gave all women the right to vote

c)

Gave all white women the right to vote

d)

Gave all men the right to vote

30.

What did the 23rd Amendment do?

a)

Gave 3 electoral votes to each state as a minimum

b)

Gave 3 electoral votes to D.C.

c)

Gave representational rights to D.C.

d)

Gave representational rights to Puerto Rico

31.

Lowered voting age from 21 to 18.

a)

27th

b)

26th

c)

25th

d)

24th

32.

Prior to the 17th Amendment...

a)

Senators were elected by state legislatures

b)

Senators were elected directly by the people

c)

Senators were elected by U.S. Congressmen

d)

Senators were elected by election conventions

33.

The ____ outlawed consumption of alcohol and the ____ repealed it after ____ years of it being in effect.

a)

18th - 20th - 13 years

b)

19th - 21st - 12 years

c)

18th - 21st - 13 years

d)

18th - 21st - 12 years

34.

The 24th was passed in response to what?

a)

People, mostly African Americans, being required to pay a poll tax to vote

b)

People, mostly minority groups, being required to pay exorbitant housing fees

c)

People, mostly Mexican Americans, being required to segregate their children into separate schools

d)

People, mostly African Americans, being required to send their children to poor quality schools

35.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Gave voting rights to all African Americans

b)

Gave voting rights to African American men

c)

Gave voting rights to African Americans who had been freed by their masters

d)

Gave voting rights to African American men and women

36.

Guaranteed due process to all citizens; not to be taken away by states

a)

6th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

9th Amendment

37.

Citizens can't sue states

a)

11th

b)

12th

c)

13th

d)

10th

38.

12th amendment was passed in response to....

a)

a tie in the electoral college

b)

a discrepancy between the popular vote and the electoral college vote

c)

a tie in the popular vote

d)

a tie in the House of Representatives determination of the presidency

39.

If the president can't serve due to illness, who serves?

a)

Vice President

b)

Speaker of the House

c)

President pro tempore

d)

Majority Leader of Senate

40.

The process of removing or reinstating a president (due to illness/recovery) is given in what amendment?

a)

24th

b)

25th

c)

27th

d)

22nd

41.

If there is a tie in the electoral college, how is the presidency determined?

a)

Vote in House of Reps

b)

Vote in Senate

c)

Special election

d)

Vote by state governors

42.

What is apportionment?

a)

Taxation based on population

b)

Taxation based on territory size

c)

Taxation based on electoral college vote number

d)

Taxation based on population to territory size

43.

The longest amendment to be ratified after it's proposal date was....

a)

26th

b)

27th

c)

28th

d)

29th

44.

Senators & reps can't order a pay raise for themselves in the same term they are in.

a)

27th

b)

26th

c)

25th

d)

23rd

45.

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

a)

10

b)

27

c)

17

d)

1