Amendments to the Constitution

Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech, press, assembly, and petition.

• 1st Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• 12th Amendment

The name for the first ten amendments of the Constitution which ensure that the government cannot take away personal freedoms is

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Bill of Rights
• The Magna Carta
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Slavery was abolished in 1865 by

• Amendment 3
• Amendment 4
• Amendment 13
• Amendment 14

What is an amendment?

• A change or addition

• An introduction or statement of purpose

• A formal meeting called for a special purpose

• A belief or judgement of an individual group

It is illegal to make any citizen pay for the right to vote because of

• Amendment 24, Poll Tax
• Amendment 27, Congressional Pay
• Amendment 16, Income Tax
• Amendment 25, Presidential Succession

Amendment 15 says that all citizens have the right to ______________ regardless of race

• A fair trial
• Rebel
• Vote
• State their opinion

Amendment 26 grants citizens the right to vote at the age of

• 16
• 18
• 21
• 30

Franklin D. Roosevelt served two terms and was elected for a third term.  Amendment 22, limiting a president to two terms, was passed shortly after Roosevelt’s presidency. Why did Americans feel this amendment was necessary?

• To allow everyone a chance to vote every four years
• To prevent president’s from dying in office
• To prevent one person from having too much power for too long
• To allow the creation of new ideas in Congress

What is one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment? 

• The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
• A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.
• Three ­fourths of the states' legislatures are required to ratify a proposed amendment. 
• The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a three­fourths vote.

What is another one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment? 

• The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
• The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a three­fourths vote.
• a national convention where 2 / 3 of all states are represented cotes to introdroduces and amendment followed by 3 / 4 of the state legislatures approving the amendment
• A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.