Foreign Service Officer Test - US Government| 1045 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

10th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: Powers of states and people. Anything not in the constitution is left to the states. 11th amendment "immunity"? Correct Answer: Generally, a state is immune from suit by an individual. However, a state can consent to be sued, or Congress can abrogate a state's immunity, as long as it is within Congress' authority to do so (i.e. constitutional authority). 11th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1795): Clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law. 12th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1804): Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the electoral college cast separate ballots for president and vice president. 13th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1865): Abolishes slavery and grants Congress power to enforce abolition. 14th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1868): Defines United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and right to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the three-fifths compromise. 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting. 16th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income. 17th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1913): Establishes direct election of senators. 18th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1919): Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of beverage alcohol. Repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment. 1973 Rehabilitation Act? Correct Answer: An American piece of legislation that guaranteed certain rights to people with disabilities. 19th Ammendment of the US Constitution? Correct Answer: (1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's sex as a qualification for voting. 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution? Co