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