Amendments Part 1 | Bill of Rights | Amendments Part 2 | Amendments Part 3 | True or False |
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What is the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of Religion, Speech, of the Press, Assembly, and Petition
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What is the Bill of Rights?
First 10 of the Amendments
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What is the 12th Amendment?
The Electoral College must vote for the President and the Vice President separately
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What is the 23rd Amendment?
Limits the president to two terms in office (or 10 years)
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Hamilton was an anti-federalist
False
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What is the 8th Amendment?
Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments
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What is an Amendment?
an article added to the US Constitution
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What is the 18th Amendment?
Prohibition of the drinking, manufacture, and sale of alcohol
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What is the 27th Amendment?
Any changes in Congressional salaries will take place after the next term starts
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The First 10 of the Amendment is called the Bill of Rights.
True
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What is the 10th Amendment?
Gives all powers not specifically given to the United States government in the Constitution, to either the states or to the people
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What is a Petition?
a formal request
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What is the 20th Amendment?
Gives details on the terms of office for Congress and President; shortens "lame duck" period (time between election and inauguration)
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What is the 25th Amendment?
Explains what happens when the President dies or is unable to continue in office (Succession)
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Bob Ross wrote the Constitution
False
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What is the 3rd Amendment?
No soldier can be quartered in a home without the permission of the owner
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What is the U.S Constitution?
The written plan for the United States government
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What is the 16th Amendment?
Created an income tax and gave the Federal government the power to collect it
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What is the 26th Amendment?
Sets the national voting age at 18, cannot be set any higher
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The states are separate from the National Gov.
False
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What is the 4th Amendment?
Protects rights of due process and the right to remain silent ("plead the 5th"), double jeopardy
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Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
People were afraid the new government did not protect the rights of individual people.
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What is the 14th Amendment?
Makes anyone born on US soil a citizen and guarantees equal protection under the law
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What is the 24th Amendment?
Prohibited the poll tax
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The USA is a dictatorship
False
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