7- Thursday, March 26, 2020 The 27 Ammendments p. 13/14
  • 1. A legislature is
A) a group of people chosen to make laws
B) a group of people elected to create charters
C) a group of people who support tyranny
D) a group of people who have the right to vote
  • 2. People who take "the fifth"
A) misunderstand the Constitution.
B) are using their constitutional right to remain silent.
C) have to tell the truth even if it will send them to jail.
D) are admitting their guilt.
  • 3. The 13th Amendment
A) made African Americans citizens of the states in which they lived.
B) was overturned by a later amendment.
C) abolished slavery.
D) gave African American men the right to vote.
  • 4. The 14th Amendment
A) was found unconstitutional.
B) gave citizenship to African Americans born in the United States.
C) abolished slavery.
  • 5. The 15th Amendment
A) abolished slavery.
B) gave African American men the right to vote.
  • 6. The 24th Amendment
A) has not yet been passed.
B) gave African American women the right to vote.
C) declared that citizens do not have to pay a tax to vote.
D) gave African Americans equal protection of the laws.
  • 7. Women gained suffrage
A) from the Bill of Rights
B) from the 19th Amendment
C) from the 23rd Amendment
D) from the 24th Amendment
  • 8. The Twenty-sixth Amendment granted the right to vote to
A) all women
B) people between 18 and 21 years of age.
C) immigrants
D) African American Women
  • 9. The amendments to the Constitution are evidence that the Constitution
A) is finally perfect
B) changes only in wartime
C) gives people too much power
D) is flexible
  • 10. Which of the following is NOT a goal set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution?
A) to create a bickering bicameral legislature
B) to establish justice
C) to provide for the common defense
  • 11. The 4th Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
A) False
B) True
  • 12. Guarantees a trial by jury
A) 5th Amendment
B) 12th Amendment
C) 11th Amendment
D) 7th Amendment
  • 13. The 16th Amendment
A) Individual cannot sue a state in federal courts
B) No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice
C) 18-year-olds are allowed to vote in federal and state elections
D) Establishes Congress's to impose a federal income tax
  • 14. The 18th Amendment
A) Insures that punishments for crimes are not excessive, cruel, or unusual
B) Repeals prohibition
C) Prohibition, no alcoholic beverages to be bought or sold in the United States
D) Prohibits Congress from voting itself mid-term pay raises
  • 15. The 5th Amendment
A) Changed the dates the president takes office from March 4th to January 20th. Also changed the start of Congress to January 3rd and ended old second session
B) Gave residents of Washington D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections
C) No person can be tried twice for the same offense, prohibits being a witness against yourself and guarantees due process of law
D) Power not given to the federal government is given to the people or states
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