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| Question | % correct |
|---|---|
Which amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, and assembly? | 100% |
Which amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms? | 100% |
By what collective name are the first ten amendments to the Constitution known? | 100% |
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States? | 67% |
Which amendment granted women the right to vote? | 100% |
Which amendment protects a person from being forced to testify against themselves, the basis of "pleading the Fifth"? | 67% |
Which amendment lowered the national voting age to 18? | 100% |
Which amendment limits a president to two terms in office? | 67% |
Which amendment established Prohibition, banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol? | 100% |
Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial in criminal cases? | 100% |
Which amendment repealed Prohibition? | 100% |
Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures? | 67% |
Which amendment guarantees citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all persons born in the U.S.? | 100% |
Which amendment guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied on account of race? | 100% |
Which amendment authorized a federal income tax? | 100% |
Which amendment provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators? | 100% |
Which amendment sets out the procedures for presidential succession and disability? | 100% |
Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment? | 100% |
Which amendment reserves to the states and the people any powers not delegated to the federal government? | 100% |
Which amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in most federal civil cases? | 100% |
Which amendment abolished the poll tax in federal elections? | 67% |
Which amendment moved the start of presidential and congressional terms from March to January, the so-called "Lame Duck" amendment? | 67% |
Which amendment granted residents of Washington, D.C. electoral votes in presidential elections? | 100% |
Which amendment, ratified in 1992 more than two centuries after it was proposed, delays congressional pay raises until after an election? | 67% |
Which amendment prohibits the government from quartering soldiers in private homes without consent? | 67% |
Which amendment affirms that rights not listed in the Constitution are still retained by the people? | 67% |
Which amendment, adopted after the deadlocked election of 1800, requires separate electoral ballots for president and vice president? | 100% |
Which amendment limits the ability to sue a state in federal court? | 100% |
How many amendments to the U.S. Constitution have been ratified in total? | 67% |
Which proposed amendment of the 1970s, guaranteeing equal rights regardless of sex, ultimately fell short of ratification? | 100% |
The passage of the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18, was largely driven by what conflict? | 67% |
Which president's four-term tenure led to the ratification of the 22nd Amendment, limiting presidents to two terms? | 100% |
What is the primary purpose of the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights? | 100% |
Which amendment is the only one ever ratified to repeal a previous amendment? | 67% |
Which amendment protects against the imposition of excessive bail or fines? | 100% |
The right to have the "Assistance of Counsel" for one's defense in a criminal prosecution is guaranteed by which amendment? | 100% |
Which amendment includes the clause that protects a person from being tried for the same crime twice ("double jeopardy")? | 100% |
The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified shortly after which major conflict? | 100% |
The 20th Amendment moved the date of the presidential inauguration from March to what month? | 100% |
For a proposed amendment to be ratified and added to the Constitution, what fraction of states must approve it? | 100% |
Before the 17th Amendment established their direct election, how were U.S. Senators chosen? | 100% |
The assassination of which president spurred the creation of the 25th Amendment to clarify rules of succession? | 100% |
The 23rd Amendment granted Washington, D.C. electoral votes equal to which standard? | 100% |
The 16th Amendment, authorizing a federal income tax, effectively overturned which Supreme Court decision? | 100% |
The 21st Amendment (repealing Prohibition) is unique for being the only amendment ratified by what method? | 100% |
Under the 25th Amendment, how is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President filled? | 67% |
The Third Amendment's prohibition on quartering soldiers was a direct response to the pre-revolutionary practices of which country? | 100% |
The Supreme Court's recognition of a constitutional "right to privacy" drew upon the spirit of which amendment's unenumerated rights? | 100% |
The 27th Amendment, concerning congressional pay raises, was originally drafted and proposed in 1789 by whom? | 100% |
The ratification of the 24th Amendment, which outlawed poll taxes, was a major victory for what 20th-century movement? | 67% |
Besides a two-thirds vote in Congress, what is the other, never-used method for proposing a constitutional amendment? | 100% |
Which 1873 Supreme Court decision narrowly interpreted the 14th Amendment's "Privileges or Immunities Clause," limiting its power? | 100% |
Which amendment holds the record for the shortest ratification period, taking just over three months? | 67% |
The proposed "Corwin Amendment" of 1861, passed by Congress but left unratified, sought to do what? | 100% |
The Bill of Rights was added to appease the Anti-Federalists, whose primary criticism of the Constitution was its lack of what? | 67% |
The 19th Amendment (women's suffrage) was ratified by a single, decisive vote in the legislature of which state? | 67% |
Why was the 21st Amendment uniquely ratified by state conventions instead of legislatures? | 100% |
The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment directly overturned which infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision? | 100% |
A proposed amendment that nearly passed in 1810 would have stripped citizenship from any American who did what? | 100% |
The proposed Child Labor Amendment of 1924, never ratified, would have granted Congress the power to do what? | 100% |
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