CIVIC LITERACY EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
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● 2nd Amendment.
Answer: Right to bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
● 3rd Amendment.
Answer: Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime.
● 4th Amendment.
Answer: No unreasonable searches and seizures (
● 5th Amendment.
Answer: (1) No Self-Incrimination
(2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again on the same, or
similar charges)
(3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due process of
law" (fair treatment)
4) No one has to testify against them-self
,5) Right to a Grand Jury
● 6th Amendment.
Answer: You have the right to a speedy trial. The right to counsel in
criminal trials. You get a free lawyer ("public defender"). Right to jury in
criminal trials.
● 7th Amendment.
Answer: Right to jury in civil trials.
● 8th Amendment.
Answer: Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment.
● 9th Amendment.
Answer: Unenumerated Rights Amendment. Rights in addition to those
stated in the Constitution. . Not everything can be written down. rights
retained by the people
● 10th Amendment.
Answer: Powers not expressly given to federal government by the
Constitution are reserved to states or the people.
"reserved powers amendment"
"states' rights amendment"
, ● 11th Amendment.
Answer: One State cannot be sued by another state
● 12th Amendment.
Answer: separation of votes for President and Vice President
● 13th Amendment.
Answer: Abolished slavery.
● 14th Amendment.
Answer: (1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can
be deprived of life, liberty or property without DUE PROCESS OF
LAW; (3) no state can deprive a person of EQUAL PROTECTION of
the laws.
● 15th Amendment.
Answer: States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
● 16th Amendment.
Answer: Power of Congress to tax income
● 17th Amendment.
AND ANSWERS 2026 FULL SOLUTION
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● 2nd Amendment.
Answer: Right to bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
● 3rd Amendment.
Answer: Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime.
● 4th Amendment.
Answer: No unreasonable searches and seizures (
● 5th Amendment.
Answer: (1) No Self-Incrimination
(2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again on the same, or
similar charges)
(3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due process of
law" (fair treatment)
4) No one has to testify against them-self
,5) Right to a Grand Jury
● 6th Amendment.
Answer: You have the right to a speedy trial. The right to counsel in
criminal trials. You get a free lawyer ("public defender"). Right to jury in
criminal trials.
● 7th Amendment.
Answer: Right to jury in civil trials.
● 8th Amendment.
Answer: Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment.
● 9th Amendment.
Answer: Unenumerated Rights Amendment. Rights in addition to those
stated in the Constitution. . Not everything can be written down. rights
retained by the people
● 10th Amendment.
Answer: Powers not expressly given to federal government by the
Constitution are reserved to states or the people.
"reserved powers amendment"
"states' rights amendment"
, ● 11th Amendment.
Answer: One State cannot be sued by another state
● 12th Amendment.
Answer: separation of votes for President and Vice President
● 13th Amendment.
Answer: Abolished slavery.
● 14th Amendment.
Answer: (1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can
be deprived of life, liberty or property without DUE PROCESS OF
LAW; (3) no state can deprive a person of EQUAL PROTECTION of
the laws.
● 15th Amendment.
Answer: States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
● 16th Amendment.
Answer: Power of Congress to tax income
● 17th Amendment.
