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WorksheetsAmendments 11 - 17
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is a change to the US Constitution known as
Additions
Amendments
Changes
Tweets
How can an amendment be added
The president and vice president propose and ratify
The states and the President propose and ratify
2/3 of Congress proposes and 3/4 States ratify
1/2 of Congress and all the states agree
This amendment changed the procedure of how citizens can sue a state
17th
20th
11th
12th
The 13th, 14th, 15th amendments were a result of
Vietnam conflict
Korean War
World war II
Civil War
Which amendment abolished slavery
11th
th
13th
14th
Which amendment separates the vote for the President and vice president in the electoral college so that runner-up no longer gets V.P.
11th
12th
8th
16th
This amendment grants citizenship & basic rights to ANYONE who is a citizen of the U.S. (written for the African- Americans)
14th
19th
1st
27th
15th amendment says ALL African-American men the right to ___________even if they had been a slave
live free
hold jobs
vote
buy land
Congress is allowed to tax people's incomes because of the ___ amendment
18th
23rd
25th
16th
Which amendments say that Senators are elected by the people NOT the state legislators
17th
25th
27th
11th
Name the prohibition amendment that says making and selling alcohol is illegal b/c of "social evils"
21st
18th
25th
19th
Who was granted suffrage with the 19th amendment?
African American men
18 year olds
Women
all citizens
Which amendment moved inauguration of the president and vice president moved from March to January 20th.
20th
22nd
18th
26th
Name the only amendment to be repealed.
20th
22nd
17th
18th
The only way an amendment can be removed from the Constitution is
if Congress votes to remove it
The President removes it
It expires
Congress and the States add a NEW amendment that specifically repeals it.
Which amendment repealed the 18th amendment
20th
21st
24th
27th
Which amendment states that no president can serve more than two terms
21st
16th
11th
22nd
The 23rd amendment granted the District of Columbia is granted _____ electoral votes
3
5
6
0
The 23rd amendment was necessary so that citizens of the District of DC would have votes in
State congress
Governor race
passing laws
General election/electoral college
What did the 24th amendment ban?
voting in Washington DC
slavery
Poll taxes
women in the workplace
Which amendment gives the power to vote for an increase in their salary that will go into effect the next Congressional election
22nd
23rd
27th
26th
Because of the 25th amendment the ___ becomes Pres. If Pres. dies or becomes disabled.
Speaker of the house
mayor
Chief Justice
Vice President
The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to
17
18
20
16
Which amendment was a result of the draft for Vietnam?
21st
18th
26th
19th
Where are the amendments located?
Preamble
Articles
Bill of Rights
at the end
The right to vote is
Suffrage
abolition
prohibition
denied
Which amendment is NOT a suffrage amendment
15th
18th
19th
26th
Before the 17th amendment who elected US Senators?
the people
state legislatures
the President
they were self appointed
Which article of the US Constitution outlines how amendments are made?
II
III
IV
V
Which amendment is known as the "Second Bill of Rights"?
13th
14th
15th
16th
What are the first 10 amendments called?
Bill of laws
Bill of Liberties
Bill of Rights
Madison's promise
Who is known as "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
Thomas Paine
James Madison
Put the three parts of the US Constitution in order.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Preamble
Amendments
Articles
Articles
Preamble
Amendments
Preamble
Articles
Amendments
The slave that took his case to the US Supreme Court only to have them rule against him.
Andrew Jackson
Dred Scott
Alexander Hamilton
Homer Plessy
The Dred Scott decision
made the northern states very happy.
made the Southern States decide to leave the union
legalized slavery in the US.
is still in affect today.
A US Supreme court decision can only be overturned by a new (similar) court case OR
States pass opposite laws.
A lower court rules against it.
Presidential veto
Constitutional Amendment
Who had to fight the longest to gain the right to vote?
women
African-American Men
Wealthy white men
18 year olds
The ONLY way to remove an amendment is
Presidential veto
President gives an order
a new amendment is added that omits that one.
3/4 of all the states vote to remove it
