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What does the First Amendment provide?
What does the First Amendment provide?
What does the Second Amendment protect?
What does the Second Amendment protect?
Right to bear arms
What is prohibited by the Third Amendment?
What is prohibited by the Third Amendment?
No quartering of troops in homes
What does the Fourth Amendment protect against?
What does the Fourth Amendment protect against?
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What is the significance of the Fifth Amendment?
What is the significance of the Fifth Amendment?
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What right does the Sixth Amendment guarantee?
What right does the Sixth Amendment guarantee?
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What does the Seventh Amendment provide?
What does the Seventh Amendment provide?
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What does the Eighth Amendment prohibit?
What does the Eighth Amendment prohibit?
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What does the Ninth Amendment state?
What does the Ninth Amendment state?
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What is the meaning of the Tenth Amendment?
What is the meaning of the Tenth Amendment?
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What does the Eleventh Amendment address?
What does the Eleventh Amendment address?
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What change does the Twelfth Amendment make?
What change does the Twelfth Amendment make?
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The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.
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What does the Fourteenth Amendment provide?
What does the Fourteenth Amendment provide?
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What right is guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment?
What right is guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment?
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What does the Sixteenth Amendment authorize?
What does the Sixteenth Amendment authorize?
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What does the Seventeenth Amendment establish?
What does the Seventeenth Amendment establish?
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What does the Eighteenth Amendment impose?
What does the Eighteenth Amendment impose?
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The Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote.
The Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote.
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What does the Twentieth Amendment specify?
What does the Twentieth Amendment specify?
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What does the Twenty-first Amendment do?
What does the Twenty-first Amendment do?
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What is the significance of the Twenty-second Amendment?
What is the significance of the Twenty-second Amendment?
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What does the Twenty-third Amendment provide?
What does the Twenty-third Amendment provide?
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What does the Twenty-fourth Amendment eliminate?
What does the Twenty-fourth Amendment eliminate?
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What does the Twenty-fifth Amendment address?
What does the Twenty-fifth Amendment address?
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What right does the Twenty-sixth Amendment guarantee?
What right does the Twenty-sixth Amendment guarantee?
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What does the Twenty-seventh Amendment state?
What does the Twenty-seventh Amendment state?
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Study Notes
First Amendment
- Protects freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly.
Second Amendment
- Grants the right to bear arms.
Third Amendment
- Prohibits the quartering of troops in private homes.
Fourth Amendment
- Guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Fifth Amendment
- Protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination; allows persons to plead the fifth.
Sixth Amendment
- Ensures the right to a speedy and public trial and the right to legal counsel.
Seventh Amendment
- Affirms the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
Eighth Amendment
- Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel or unusual punishment.
Ninth Amendment
- Clarifies that rights not specifically listed in the Constitution are retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment
- Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government for the states or the people.
Eleventh Amendment
- Restricts federal jurisdiction in cases involving a state and citizens of another state.
Twelfth Amendment
- Establishes separate electoral votes for the president and vice president.
Thirteenth Amendment
- Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.
Fourteenth Amendment
- Grants citizenship to former slaves and provides equal protection under the law.
Fifteenth Amendment
- Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race.
Sixteenth Amendment
- Allows Congress to levy individual income taxes.
Seventeenth Amendment
- Establishes the direct election of U.S. senators by the people.
Eighteenth Amendment
- Enacts prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
Nineteenth Amendment
- Grants women the right to vote.
Twentieth Amendment
- Sets January 20th as the inauguration date for the president and outlines Congress's session start.
Twenty-First Amendment
- Repeals the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
Twenty-Second Amendment
- Establishes term limits for the presidency, limiting individuals to two terms.
Twenty-Third Amendment
- Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
- Eliminates poll taxes in federal elections.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
- Provides procedures for the succession of the presidency and the appointment of a new vice president in cases of presidential incapacity.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
- Lowers the voting age to 18 years.
Twenty-Seventh Amendment
- Prohibits Congress from giving itself pay raises without a subsequent election cycle.
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This quiz tests your knowledge of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Each amendment protects specific individual liberties and rights. Assess your understanding of these critical protections and their implications.
