Amendments

14th Amendment

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." "No state shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person ... the equal protection of the laws."

13th Amendment

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

15th Amendment

"The right of citizens of the Unites States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

This amendment changed the way the Electoral College chose the President and Vice President.

12th

A need arose to have an income tax that required people with high incomes to pay a higher percentage of their income than people with lower incomes.

16th Amendment

In some states, powerful and corrupt "rich men's clubs" gamed control of Congress by electing Senators who were favorable to their interests.

17th Amendment

Many reformers believed that a prohibition against drinking alcoholic beverages would reduce crime and corruption and solve many social problems.

18th Amendment

Many Americans thought it was unfair that millions of women were working the jobs of American men who were fighting in WWI even when they did not have the right to vote.

19th Amendment

The freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly and the right to petition

1st amendment

This amendment moved the date for the start of the President's new term to January 20th from March 4th.

20th

his amendment gave D.C. residents three electoral votes that allowed them to have a vote in Presidential elections.

23rd

These two amendments expanded the right to vote for disenfranchised Americans, namely poor Americans and 18-20 year olds.

24th & 26th

This amendment dealt with what happens on the death, removal, or resignation of the President or Vice President (Presidential Succession).

25th

Thousands of amenemdments have been introduced but how many have been ratified?

27

Which amendment was created with the primary purpose of limiting the power of Congress to pass laws that would raise their salaries?

27th Amendment

The right to bear arms (weapons).

2nd Amendment

Protection from soldiers quartering in your home

3rd Amendment

No illegal search and seizure

4th amendment

Right to no self-incrimination

5th Amendment

No double jeopardy

5th amendment

Right to due process

5th amendment

Right to a fair trial

6th amendment

Right to a speedy trial

6th amendment

No cruel or unusual punishment

8th amendment

During the 1920's, the manufacture, sale, transportation, imporation, and exportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal across the nation. Why did it take the ratification of the 21st amendment to make alcohol manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, and exporatation legal again?

Alcohol was banned by a previous amendment, and only another amendment could repeal it.

First 10 amendments to the Constitution, which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all Americans

Bill of Rights

This country, with its institutions, belong to the people who inhibit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercising their revolutionary right to overthrow it. -Abraham Lincoln. In the statement above, what is President Lincoln implying.

By amending the Constitution we are exercising their constitutional right.

The seventh amendment applies to cases with:

Civil Trials

What is the best interpretation of the statement below? "The amendment process is long and difficult."

Many amendments have been filed but only a few have been ratified.

What are the two exceptions when not needing a warrant for police when searching your car home or person?

Probable cause and immediate danger to the public.

Though more than 11,000 amendments have been proposed over the last 200 years, very few have been ratified. The Founders purposely made the process difficult because they were committed to establishing stability and security through a respect for the rule of law. Based on the above statement, which of the following is true?

The Founders made this a long process to secure that, above all, the Constitution should be upheld and that no mistakes shall be made

Which branch of the federal govenrment is able to propose an amendment

The Legislative Branch

What is the best interpretation of the following statement: "In two hundred plus years we have only added 27 amendments to the US Constitution

The process of amending the Constitution is long and difficult

Which of the following statements is true about amending the Constitution?

There are two ways to amend the Constitution.

What is an amendment?

a change to the United States Constitution

The statement below is a quote by Lee Hamilton, former member of the US Congress. The statement clearly deomonstrates Hamilton's position. What is that position? Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. Sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving."

a person who believes the amendment process is necessary.

Money or property an accused person gives a court to hold as a guarantee that he or she will appear for trial

bail

A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights

civil trial

The prosecution of a person twice for the same offense.

double jeopardy

Power of the government to take over private property for public use

eminent domain

reasonable grounds for making a search or seizure of property

probable cause

Testifying against oneself

self-incrimination

The reserved powers of the states were established by the

tenth amendment