Amendment Review Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Five Freedoms (RAPPS): Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition and Speech | 1st Amendment |
right to bear arms (weapons) | 2nd Amendment |
forbids quartering (housing) of soldiers | 3rd Amendment |
limits searches and seizures-police need a warrant | 4th Amendment |
due process of law, protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy | 5th Amendment |
right to a lawyer, right to a speedy and public trial in criminal cases | 6th Amendment |
right to a jury trial in civil cases | 7th Amendment |
forbids “cruel and unusual punishment” and excessive bails and fines | 8th Amendment |
entitles you to rights not listed in the Constitution | 9th Amendment |
powers not given to the U.S. government are reserved to the states (reserved powers) | 10th Amendment |
places limits on an individual’s right to sue states | 11th Amendment |
separate ballots for president and vice president | 12th Amendment |
abolished slavery | 13th Amendment |
guarantees rights of citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law | 14th Amendment |
voting rights to former slaves (African American men) | 15th Amendment |
created a federal income tax | 16th Amendment |
U.S. senators are elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures | 17th Amendment |
prohibition- made the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages illegal | 18th Amendment |
gives women the right to vote (suffrage) | 19th Amendment |
sets the dates of presidential and congressional terms | 20th Amendment |
repealed (ended) prohibition-alcohol becomes legal again | 21st Amendment |
limits the president to two terms | 22nd Amendment |
gives people in the D.C. the right to vote for the president; D.C. received three electors | 23rd Amendment |
bans poll taxes (forbids having to pay a tax to vote in federal elections) | 24th Amendment |
establishes presidential succession | 25th Amendment |
lowers the voting age to 18 | 26th Amendment |
regulates the salaries of members of Congress (rules for creating pay raises) | 27th Amendment |
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