All 27 Amendments to the
Constitution Exam Questions &
Answers
First Amendment - -5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
- Second Amendment - -Right to bear arms (to protect the people against a
government that becomes too powerful)
- Third Amendment - -No quartering of soldiers
- Fourth Amendment - -No unreasonable searches and seizures without a
warrant; right to privacy
- Fifth Amendment - -Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy,
right to remain silent (you can't be forced to testify against yourself) and the
right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense
- Sixth Amendment - -Right to a speedy trial
- Seventh Amendment - -Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no lawsuits
under $20
- Eighth Amendment - -No cruel and unusual punishment
- Ninth Amendment - -Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically given
to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists)
- Tenth Amendment - -Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically
given to the states.
- Eleventh Amendment - -When states sue other states, it automatically
goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another
state. Another country can't sue the US and vice verse.
- Twelfth Amendment - -Creates a ticket for the presidency where the
president and VP are elected together.
- Thirteenth Amendment - -Abolishes slavery and gives congress the power
to enforce abolition through legislation.
- Fourteenth Amendment - -Defines citizens as people born in the US and
prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under
Constitution Exam Questions &
Answers
First Amendment - -5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
- Second Amendment - -Right to bear arms (to protect the people against a
government that becomes too powerful)
- Third Amendment - -No quartering of soldiers
- Fourth Amendment - -No unreasonable searches and seizures without a
warrant; right to privacy
- Fifth Amendment - -Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy,
right to remain silent (you can't be forced to testify against yourself) and the
right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense
- Sixth Amendment - -Right to a speedy trial
- Seventh Amendment - -Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no lawsuits
under $20
- Eighth Amendment - -No cruel and unusual punishment
- Ninth Amendment - -Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically given
to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists)
- Tenth Amendment - -Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically
given to the states.
- Eleventh Amendment - -When states sue other states, it automatically
goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another
state. Another country can't sue the US and vice verse.
- Twelfth Amendment - -Creates a ticket for the presidency where the
president and VP are elected together.
- Thirteenth Amendment - -Abolishes slavery and gives congress the power
to enforce abolition through legislation.
- Fourteenth Amendment - -Defines citizens as people born in the US and
prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under
