1.3.F - Quiz: The US Constitution
Altered the method of the election of the president and vice president.
Twelfth
Which of the following is known as the "Lame Duck Amendment"?
Twentieth Amendment
The _____ Amendment states that the rights of the people are not surrendered just because they are not enumerated in the Constitution.
Ninth
Which of the following protections are found in the Fifth Amendment? [Choose all that apply.]
- Citizens cannot be brought to trial unless a grand jury indicts them based on evidence. - Citizens cannot be forced to testify against themselves.
What is meant by the term "double jeopardy"?
A person cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
All citizens are entitled to their rights as a US citizen, regardless of their resident state.
How often must Congress meet each year?
At least once a year
Due to the Eleventh Amendment, states can no longer be sued by whom? [Choose all that apply.]
Citizens from another state. Citizens of another country.
Twentieth
Correct match: Shortened the "lame duck" period between election and inauguration
States cannot be sued by citizens of other states or countries.
Eleventh
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Every state has to respect the other states' public acts, records, and court proceedings.
Under the Property or Territorial Clause, the ____ government has power over national territories.
Federal
Protection from self-incrimination and double jeopardy
Fifth
Guarantees freedom of religion, press, and speech.
First
How long do justices of the Supreme Court serve?
For life
Prevents states from infringing the rights of citizens.
Fourteenth
Protection against unlawful searches and seizures.
Fourth
The Twenty-Second Amendment was adopted in response to which president's administration?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which Clause of Article IV of the Constitution is null and void due to the Thirteenth Amendment?
Fugitive Slave Clause
Twenty-Third
Gave citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections
Nineteenth
Gave women the right to vote
The right to trial by jury is guaranteed in all cases except for ____
Impeachment
Twenty-Second
Limited presidential terms
____ jurisdiction means the first court that will make a decision on a case.
Original
Which clause of the Constitution states that each citizen of the United States is granted the rights of American citizenship, regardless of which state they belong to?
Privileges and Immunities Clause
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying the right to vote based on what? [Choose all that apply.]
Race Color Previous condition of servitude
Twenty-First
Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment
Guarantees the right to bear arms.
Second
Under the Constitution, the ____ is given the power to conduct an impeachment trial.
Senate
The chairperson and leader of the House of Representatives is the ___ of the House.
Speaker
The _____ address informs both houses and the citizens of the United States about the current state of American affairs.
State of the Union
Extradition Clause
States can force a person suspected of a crime to return to the state where the crime was committed.
Property Clause
The federal government has power over the nation's territories.
Prohibits the government from quartering soldiers in civilian homes during peacetime.
Third
Freed all the slaves in the United States.
Thirteenth
Which of the following are NOT powers granted to Congress by the Constitution? [Choose all that apply.]
The power to give titles of nobility The ability to pass ex post facto laws The power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
In two to three sentences, explain the provisions of the Twenty-Second Amendment.
The twenty second amendment was put in place to limit the term of a president to two terms, or eight years. If they serve a partial term, like taking over for a president in the middle of their term, they can serve up to ten years.
The Sixteenth Amendment gave Congress the power to levy a(n) ___
income
