ap gov amendments Word Scramble

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ap gov amendments

1-20 amendments

Question	Answer
1st amendment	Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to assemble, and to petition
2nd amendment	Enumerates the right to keep and bear arms
3rd amendment	No forced quartering of soldiers in private houses during peacetime. In a time of war, Congress can pass a law stating that soldiers should be quartered.
4th amendment	Interdiction of unreasonable searches and seizures; search warrant is required to search persons or property.
5th amendment	Indictments; due process; self-incrimination; double jeopardy, and rules for eminent domain.
6th amendment	Rights to a fair and speedy public trial, to notice of accusations, to confront the accuser, to subpoenas, to counsel
7th amendment	Right to trial by jury in civil cases
8th amendment	No excessive bail or fines, or cruel and unusual punishment
9th amendment	rights reseverd to the people
10th amendment	rights reseverd to the states
11th amendment	Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.
12th amendment	Revises presidential election procedures
13th amendment	Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
14th amendment	Defines citizenship and deals with post-Civil-War issues.
15th amendment	Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
16th amendment	Allows federal income tax
17th amendment	Direct election of senators
18th amendment	Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by Twenty-first Amendment)
19th amendment	Federal recognition of women's suffrage
20 amendment	Term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President This amendment is also known as the "lame duck amendment"
21st amendment	Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment
22nd amendment	Limits the president to two terms.
23rd amendment	Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
24th amendment	Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes
25th amendment	Presidential succession
26th amendment	Voting age nationally established at 18 (see suffrage)
27th amendment	Variance of congressional compensation

Created by: weedwacker002 on 2010-04-08