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Amendments 2413
Amendments for Government Class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amendment 13 | Ending slavery before war is over |
| Amendment 14 | Grant former slaves equal citizenship rights like whites, first ten amendments applicable to the states, states cant take away the rights like the national can |
| Amendment 15 | Giving blacks the right to vote in 1870 |
| Amendment 18 | Prohibition, people buying alcohol, drinking, etc. |
| Amendment 21 | Repeal amendment 18, control and tax drinking |
| Amendment 19 | Womans sufferage, during 1920, woman get the right to vote |
| Amendment 20 | Moves the date of the new presidency from the 20th of March back to January for the incoming president to transition into presidency |
| Amendment 22 | Limit presidents term of office to two elected terms, 8 years, or a total of 10 years |
| Amendment 25 | Presidential succession act, 1967, if no vice president then the president gets to choose another one |
| Freedoms | Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly |
| Amendment 4 | Against unreasonable search and seizure |
| Amendment 2 | The right to bear arms |
| Amendment 10 | Secures rights for the states |
| Amendments 13, 14, and 15 | Civil war amendments |
| Amendment 5 | Right against self incrimination, remain silent, due process of law, against double jeopardy |
| Amendment 18 | Repealled |
| Amendment 6 | Right to attorney |
| Amendment 3 | Right against quartering of soldiers |
| Amendment 8 | Gives right against cruel and unusual punishment |
| Amendment 14 | Equal protection of the law clause |