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Constitution Part 2
Amendments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is | twenty-seven |
| Amendments can be proposed by | 2/3 vote of each house of Congress |
| Amendments can be ratified by | legislatures of 3/4 of the states |
| Outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages | Amendment XVIII (18) |
| Limited the President to two terms | Amendment XXII (22) |
| Powers not specifically given to the Federal government are reserved to the states or to the people | Amendment X (10) |
| Guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime | Amendment V (5) |
| Denies state governments the power to keep citizens from voting by charging a poll tax | Amendment XXIV (24) |
| Forbids a state to stop a person from voting because of race or color | Amendment XV (15) |
| Right to bear arms | Amendment II (2) |
| Prohibits forced quartering of troops in time of peace | Amendment III (3) |
| Safeguards against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment | Amendment VIII (8) |
| Rights not specifically listed are guaranteed to the people | Amendment IX (9) |
| Gives women the right to vote | Amendment XIX (19) |
| Tells what to do in case of Presidential disability | Amendment XXV (25) |
| Guarantees the right to a jury trial in a civil case | Amendment VII (7) |
| Allows citizens of Washington D.C. to vote for president | Amendment XXIII (23) |
| Lowered the voting age to 18 | Amendment XXVI (26) Amendment XXVI (26) |
| Provides for the election of President and Vice President on separate ballots: | Amendment XII (12) |
| Gives the people the right to elect their senators directly: | Amendment XVII (17) |
| Protects against unreasonable search and seizure | Amendment IV (4) |
| Gives citizenship to former slaves | Amendment XIV (14) |
| Repealed the prohibition of alcohol amendment | Amendment XXI (21) |
| Protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition | Amendment I (1) |
| Guarantees the right to a speedy trial and attorney in a criminal case | Amendment VI (6) |
| Slavery was abolished by: | Amendment XIII (13) |
| Permits Congress to tax individual incomes | Amendment XVI (16) |
| Prevents citizens of one state from suing another state | Amendment XI (11 |
| Set back the inauguration of the President to January 20: | Amendment XX (20) |
| Prevents members of Congress from giving themselves an immediate pay raise | Amendment XXVII (27) |
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