Constitutional Amendments (1-27) Exam
Questions and Answers
1st Amendment - -Congress may not violate the rights of freedom of
religion, speech, press, peaceable assembly, and petition
- 2nd Amendment - -Each state has the right to maintain a militia.
Individuals can own and use weapons, but the government can regulate.
- 3rd Amendment - -The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in
the people's homes during peacetime without the people's permission.
- 4th Amendment - -The government may not search or take a person's
property without a warrant.
- 5th Amendment - -A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and
does not have to testify against him/herself.
- 6th Amendment - -A person charged with a crime has the right to a
speedy trial, an impartial jury, and a lawyer.
- 7th Amendment - -A person in a civil case is guaranteed a trial by jury.
- 8th Amendment - -A person is protected from excessive or unreasonable
fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
- 9th Amendment - -The 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 together in one ballot.
- 13th Amendment - -Slavery is outlawed in the United States
- 14th Amendment - -States shall not deprive persons of life, liberty, or
property without due process. The Three-Fifths Compromise is repealed, and
all persons are counted in the census.
Questions and Answers
1st Amendment - -Congress may not violate the rights of freedom of
religion, speech, press, peaceable assembly, and petition
- 2nd Amendment - -Each state has the right to maintain a militia.
Individuals can own and use weapons, but the government can regulate.
- 3rd Amendment - -The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in
the people's homes during peacetime without the people's permission.
- 4th Amendment - -The government may not search or take a person's
property without a warrant.
- 5th Amendment - -A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and
does not have to testify against him/herself.
- 6th Amendment - -A person charged with a crime has the right to a
speedy trial, an impartial jury, and a lawyer.
- 7th Amendment - -A person in a civil case is guaranteed a trial by jury.
- 8th Amendment - -A person is protected from excessive or unreasonable
fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
- 9th Amendment - -The 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 together in one ballot.
- 13th Amendment - -Slavery is outlawed in the United States
- 14th Amendment - -States shall not deprive persons of life, liberty, or
property without due process. The Three-Fifths Compromise is repealed, and
all persons are counted in the census.
