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Key Amendments & Amendment Process

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After a change to the constitution has been proposed by 2/3 of both Houses of Congress, what fraction of the state legislatures must ratify (approve) the amendment before it is added to the U.S. Constitution?

a)

2/3

b)

1/2

c)

3/4

d)

1/3

2.

What fraction of the House of Representatives and Senate must pass a proposed amendment before it goes to the state legislatures for ratification?

a)

2/3

b)

3/4

c)

1/2

d)

1/4

3.

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

a)

19th

b)

24th

c)

26th

d)

15th

4.

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

23rd

d)

26th

5.

It is difficult to amend the constitution because the framers wanted to make sure _____.

a)

changes were only made when absolutely necessary

b)

no one ever changed the Constitution

c)

hardly anyone got a say

d)

the President got all the say

6.

Changed the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

26th Amendment

c)

23rd Amendment

d)

24th Amendment

7.

Gave citizens who live in Washington, DC the right to vote in presidential elections.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

24th Amendment

d)

23rd Amendment

8.

Gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.

a)

23rd Amendment

b)

24th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

9.

Gave women the right to vote

a)

19th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

23rd Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

10.

Made charging a poll tax to vote illegal.

a)

23rd Amendment

b)

24th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

11.

Allows citizens to have the right to

speak

a)

Freedom of Assembly

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Right to Petition

12.

Allows citizens to worship freely

a)

Freedom of Assembly

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Right to Petition

13.

gives citizens the right to access different sources of information or broadcasts

a)

Freedom of Assembly

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Right to Petition

14.

gives citizens the right to formally ask for government changes

a)

Freedom of Assembly

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Right to Petition

15.

gives citizens the right to gather in groups

a)

Freedom of Assembly

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Right to Petition

16.

Which two amendments declare that no person can be deprived "of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”?

a)

5th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

e)

23rd Amendment