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WorksheetsAmendment Review: Process and #1-27
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 15mins
How many amendments have been proposed to the states?
33
27
28
21
Ended slavery.
13th
14th
15th
16th
What did the 16th Amendment establish?
Tax on income
Tax on property
Voting rights for women
Voting rights for all men
How many amendments have been ratified?
33
27
28
17
How long can a president serve in office?
2 full terms
10 years or less
12 years or less
3 full terms
Which amendment established presidential term limits?
No amendment; established by Washington
23rd Amendment
22nd Amendment
20th Amendment
No illegal searches or seizures.
4th
5th
6th
3rd
Why did they want to lower the voting age to 18?
18 year olds fighting in Vietnam War
18 year olds fighting in Operation Desert Storm
18 year olds serving in the Pacific during WWII
18 year olds serving in Korean War
What did the 21st amendment do?
Repealed the 18th Amendment on prohibition
Repealed the 18th Amendment on suffrage
Repealed the 17th Amendment on prohibition
Repealed the 18th Amendment on suffrage
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as...
Bill of Rights
Charter of Freedom #3
Charter of Freedom #2
English Bill of Rights
No quartering of soldiers in private homes.
2nd
3rd
7th
4th
What does the 9th Amendment do?
Establish there are more rights than those listed in the Bill of Rights
If it's not a federal right, it's a state right
No cruel or unusual punishments
Right to trial by jury
Which of the following does the 8th Amendment establish?
No excessive fines
Bail in proportion to crime
No cruel or unusual punishment
No death penalty
Right to trial by jury in civil cases.
6th
7th
4th
9th
If it's not a right given to the feds w/ the Constitution, it belongs to the states.
8th
10th
3rd
5th
Which is included in the 5th Amendment?
Government must pay for private land being used for public use
Right to counsel in trials
Right to due process
No double jeopardy
What is double jeopardy?
Being tried for the exact same crime twice
Being tried for double the charges (assault & theft)
Being tried for two separate, but similar trials
Being tried by a grand jury & common jury
2nd Amendment is...
Right to bear arms
Right to free speech
Right to not be tried for same crime twice
Right to not quarter soldiers
Which of the following are included under the first amendment?
Free speech
Freedom of religion
Free Press
Freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances
Freedom to no illegal searches
Right to assemble & protest guaranteed by ____.
5th Amendment
8th Amendment
1st Amendment
11th Amendment
Right to have witnesses testify on your behalf is given by the ____ amendment.
6th
7th
5th
4th
T or F: Right to have a lawyer is guaranteed by the 5th amendment.
True
False - guaranteed by the 7th
False - guaranteed by the 4th
False- guaranteed by the 6th
Right to a quick trial
5th
6th
7th
8th
T or F: Juries may be biased.
False - 6th amendment guarantees an unbiased jury
False - 7th amendment guarantees an unbiased jury
True - 6th amendment allows a biased jury
True - 7th amendment allows a biased jury
Which of the following is given in the 8th amendment?
No cruel or unusual punishment
No excessive bail
No excessive fines
More rights than are listed here
Right to trial by jury in civil cases
Which 2 amendments were not originally ratified w/ the Bill of Rights
Representation per 30,000 in a state
No child labor
Make slavery untouchable
Congressional members can't give themselves an automatic pay raise
Known as the lame duck amendment
20th
21st
25th
22nd
What is a lame duck?
President who doesn't work well w/ Congress
Congressional member who has no allies in Congress
President who is almost out of office and virtually powerless
Vice President who is given no power by the President
What did the 19th do?
Gave black women the right to vote
Gave all women the right to vote
Gave all white women the right to vote
Gave all men the right to vote
What did the 23rd Amendment do?
Gave 3 electoral votes to each state as a minimum
Gave 3 electoral votes to D.C.
Gave representational rights to D.C.
Gave representational rights to Puerto Rico
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18.
27th
26th
25th
24th
Prior to the 17th Amendment...
Senators were elected by state legislatures
Senators were elected directly by the people
Senators were elected by U.S. Congressmen
Senators were elected by election conventions
The ____ outlawed consumption of alcohol and the ____ repealed it after ____ years of it being in effect.
18th - 20th - 13 years
19th - 21st - 12 years
18th - 21st - 13 years
18th - 21st - 12 years
The 24th was passed in response to what?
People, mostly African Americans, being required to pay a poll tax to vote
People, mostly minority groups, being required to pay exorbitant housing fees
People, mostly Mexican Americans, being required to segregate their children into separate schools
People, mostly African Americans, being required to send their children to poor quality schools
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave voting rights to all African Americans
Gave voting rights to African American men
Gave voting rights to African Americans who had been freed by their masters
Gave voting rights to African American men and women
Guaranteed due process to all citizens; not to be taken away by states
6th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
9th Amendment
Citizens can't sue states
11th
12th
13th
10th
12th amendment was passed in response to....
a tie in the electoral college
a discrepancy between the popular vote and the electoral college vote
a tie in the popular vote
a tie in the House of Representatives determination of the presidency
If the president can't serve due to illness, who serves?
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore
Majority Leader of Senate
The process of removing or reinstating a president (due to illness/recovery) is given in what amendment?
24th
25th
27th
22nd
If there is a tie in the electoral college, how is the presidency determined?
Vote in House of Reps
Vote in Senate
Special election
Vote by state governors
What is apportionment?
Taxation based on population
Taxation based on territory size
Taxation based on electoral college vote number
Taxation based on population to territory size
The longest amendment to be ratified after it's proposal date was....
26th
27th
28th
29th
Senators & reps can't order a pay raise for themselves in the same term they are in.
27th
26th
25th
23rd
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
27
17
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