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Do you know the Amendments?

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Provides for the election of the president and vice president on separate ballots:

a)

Amendment XX (20).

b)

Amendment XXI (21).

c)

Amendment XII (12).

d)

Amendment II (2).

2.

Gives the people the right to elect their senators directly:

a)

Amendment VII (7).

b)

Amendment XVII (17).

c)

Amendment XVI (16).

d)

Amendment VI (6).

3.

Protects against unreasonable search and arrest:

a)

Amendment I (1).

b)

Amendment II (2).

c)

Amendment IV (4).

d)

Amendment XVII (17).

4.

Gives citizenship to former slaves:

a)

Amendment XIII (13).

b)

Amendment XIV (14).

c)

Amendment XV (15).

d)

Amendment XVI (16).

5.

Provides that a state cannot be sued in any court other than the courts of that state. In other words, you can't sue a state in a federal court.

a)

Amendment IX (9).

b)

Amendment X (10).

c)

Amendment XI (11).

d)

Amendment XII (12).

6.

Repealed the prohibition amendment:

a)

Amendment XVIII (18).

b)

Amendment XX1 (21).

c)

Amendment XXII (22).

d)

Amendment XIX (19).

7.

Protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition:

a)

Amendment II (2).

b)

Amendment I (1).

c)

Amendment V (5).

d)

Amendment III (3).

8.

Guarantees the right to a speedy trial with, if needed, a court-appointed lawyer:

a)

Amendment V (5).

b)

Amendment VI (6).

c)

Amendment VII (7).

d)

Amendment VIII (8).

9.

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called:

a)

the Preamble.

b)

the Bill of Rights.

c)

the Civil Amendments.

d)

the Reconstruction Amendments.

10.

Powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people:

a)

Amendment X (10).

b)

Amendment XVI (16).

c)

Amendment VII (7).

d)

Amendment XXVI (26).

11.

Guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime:

a)

Amendment VII (7).

b)

Amendment V (5).

c)

Amendment VI (6).

d)

Amendment VIII (8).

12.

Denies state governments the power to keep citizens from voting by charging a poll tax:

a)

Amendment XXIV (24).

b)

Amendment XIV (14).

c)

Amendment XXIII (23).

d)

Amendment XVI (16).

13.

Forbids a state from stopping a person from voting because of race or color:

a)

Amendment I (1).

b)

Amendment XV (15).

c)

Amendment XXVI (26).

d)

Amendment XIV (14).

14.

Right to bear arms:

a)

Amendment I (1).

b)

Amendment II (2).

c)

Amendment III (3).

d)

Amendment IV (4).

15.

Prohibits quartering of troops in time of peace:

a)

Amendment III (3).

b)

Amendment IV (4).

c)

Amendment V (5).

d)

Amendment VI (6).

16.

Safeguards against excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments:

a)

Amendment VI (6).

b)

Amendment VII (7).

c)

Amendment VIII (8).

d)

Amendment X (10).

17.

Guarantees rights not listed to the people and that the government shouldn't tamper with them:

a)

Amendment XIX (19).

b)

Amendment XVIII (18).

c)

Amendment IX (9).

d)

Amendment VIII (8).

18.

Gives women the right to vote:

a)

Amendment XX (20).

b)

Amendment XIX (19).

c)

Amendment XVIII (18).

d)

Amendment VI (6).

19.

Tells what to do in case of presidential disability:

a)

Amendment XXIII (23).

b)

Amendment XXIV (24).

c)

Amendment XXV (25).

d)

Amendment XV (15).

20.

Lowers the voting age to 18:

a)

Amendment VI (6).

b)

Amendment XVI (16).

c)

Amendment XXVI (26).

d)

Amendment XIII (13).

21.

Prohibits changes in salaries of U.S. senators and representatives from taking effect until after the next election:

a)

Amendment XXV (25).

b)

Amendment XV (15).

c)

Amendment XVII (17).

d)

Amendment XXVII (27).

22.

Abolished slavery:

a)

Amendment X (10).

b)

Amendment XI (11).

c)

Amendment XIV (14).

d)

Amendment XIII (13).

23.

Prohibits (forbids) the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages:

a)

Amendment VIII (8).

b)

Amendment XVIII (18).

c)

Amendment XXI (21).

d)

Amendment XVII (27).

24.

Permits Congress to tax individual incomes:

a)

Amendment XVI (16).

b)

Amendment X (10).

c)

Amendment VI (6).

d)

Amendment XXVI (26).

25.

Gives residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote:

a)

Amendment XXII (22).

b)

Amendment XXIII (23).

c)

Amendment XIV (24).

d)

Amendment XXV (25).

26.

Moved presidential inauguration day from March 4 to January 20:

a)

Amendment X (10).

b)

Amendment XX (20).

c)

Amendment XXi (21).

d)

Amendment XXII (22).

27.

Limited president to two terms:

a)

Amendment XII (12).

b)

Amendment XXII (22).

c)

Amendment II (2).

d)

Amendment IV (4).

28.

The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is

a)

seven.

b)

twenty-five.

c)

seventeen.

d)

twenty-seven.