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Amendments
Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which article describes the legislative branch? | Article 1 |
| Which article describes the executive branch? | Article 2 |
| Which article describes the judicial branch? | Article 3 |
| In any civil suit, the defendant has the right to a trial by jury if the amount in question is over $20. | 7th Amendment |
| People and their personal property cannot be searched without a warrant, issued by a judge. | 4th Amendment |
| No excessive bail or fines, or cruel and unusual punishment shall be used against a convicted criminal. | 8th Amendment |
| No person may be held to answer for a crime unless he or she has first been officially and legally charged. Double jeopardy is also forbidden by this amendment. Persons cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. | 5th Amendment |
| A person accused of a crime has the right to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial jury of his/her peers. | 6th Amendment |
| Powers that are not specifically granted to the national government are to be retained by the states and people. | 10th Amendment |
| This is the basic guarantee of civil rights for all Americans. It defined “citizenship” as anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. All persons were now guaranteed “equal protection of the laws.” | 14th Amendment |
| African American males were guaranteed the right to vote, and “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” could not be used as a reason to refuse anyone the right to vote. | 15th Amendment |
| Shortened the period of time between federal elections and the day that officials were sworn into office. Presidential inauguration day moved back from March 4 to January 20. Senator's date moved also. | 20th Amendment |
| No soldier in time of peace shall be quartered in a private citizen’s home without the homeowner’s consent. | 3rd Amendment |
| Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and press, and the right to assemble peaceably and petition the government for redress of grievances. | 1st Amendment |
| Involuntary servitude - slavery - was abolished. | 13th Amendment |
| Set limits for the Judicial Branch. A citizen from one state cannot sue a citizen in another state in federal court. | 11th Amendment |
| Set term limits for the President of the U.S. Two terms. | 22nd Amendment |
| Electors will vote for President and Vice President on separate ballots. | 12th Amendment |
| Congress may pass a law increasing members’ salaries, but cannot collect it until after there has been a federal election. | 27th Amendment |
| Established procedures to follow in the case of presidential death and/or disability. | 25thAmendment |
| Election of Senators was granted to the people of each of the states. Direct election of Senate. | 17th Amendment |
| 18 year olds can vote. | 26th Amendment |
| People cannot be denied the right to vote in federal elections because they had not paid a poll tax. | 24th Amendment |
| People who live in Washington D.C. are allowed to vote for President and granted 3 electoral votes. | 23rd Amendment |
| Congress can collect income tax. | 16th Amendment |
| The manufacture, transportation or sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited. | 18th Amendment |
| Repealed Prohibition. | 21st Amendment |
| No person shall be denied their basic Constitutional rights. | 9th Amendment |
| The right to vote cannot be denied because of a person’s sex. | 19th Amendment |
| Right to bear arms, form a militia. | 2nd Amendment |
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