27 Amendments Exam With
Complete Q’s and A’s
1st Amendment - -5 Freedoms: Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, and
Assembly
- 2nd Amendment - -Right to bear arms
- 3rd Amendment - -Soldiers cannot be housed in homes in times of peace
- 4th Amendment - -Prohibits unreasonable search and seizures
- 5th Amendment - -Guarantees the right to a GRAND JURY, forbids DOUBLE
JEOPARDY, protects against SELF-INCRIMINATION, requires DUE PROCESS of
LAW, requires the government to compensate citizens when it takes private
property for public use (EMINENT DOMAIN)
- 6th Amendment - -Right to a fair, speedy trial
- 7th Amendment - -Right to a jury trial in civil suits involving $20.00 or
more.
- 8th Amendment - -Bans cruel and unusual punishments
- 9th Amendment - -People have rights other than those mentioned in the
Constitution
- 10th Amendment - -Any power not given to the Federal Government by
the Constitution is a power of either the State or the People
- 11th Amendment - -Citizens of a state or foreign country may not sue
another state in federal court
- 12th Amendment - -The Electoral College will vote separately for President
and Vice President rather than on one ballot
- 13th Amendment - -Slavery is outlawed in the United States as well as
involuntary servitude
- 14th Amendment - -States shall not deprive person of life, liberty, or
property without due process.
Citzenship to former slaves.
Complete Q’s and A’s
1st Amendment - -5 Freedoms: Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, and
Assembly
- 2nd Amendment - -Right to bear arms
- 3rd Amendment - -Soldiers cannot be housed in homes in times of peace
- 4th Amendment - -Prohibits unreasonable search and seizures
- 5th Amendment - -Guarantees the right to a GRAND JURY, forbids DOUBLE
JEOPARDY, protects against SELF-INCRIMINATION, requires DUE PROCESS of
LAW, requires the government to compensate citizens when it takes private
property for public use (EMINENT DOMAIN)
- 6th Amendment - -Right to a fair, speedy trial
- 7th Amendment - -Right to a jury trial in civil suits involving $20.00 or
more.
- 8th Amendment - -Bans cruel and unusual punishments
- 9th Amendment - -People have rights other than those mentioned in the
Constitution
- 10th Amendment - -Any power not given to the Federal Government by
the Constitution is a power of either the State or the People
- 11th Amendment - -Citizens of a state or foreign country may not sue
another state in federal court
- 12th Amendment - -The Electoral College will vote separately for President
and Vice President rather than on one ballot
- 13th Amendment - -Slavery is outlawed in the United States as well as
involuntary servitude
- 14th Amendment - -States shall not deprive person of life, liberty, or
property without due process.
Citzenship to former slaves.
