U.S. Constitutional Amendments Flashcards: All 27 Numbers & Meanings

Question 1

First Amendment (Amendment I): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars Congress from establishing religion or prohibiting its free exercise, and protects speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petition.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 2

Which amendment provides for direct popular election of U.S. senators and sets procedures for Senate vacancies?

Accepted Answer

Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII).

Ratified: April 8, 1913.

Question 3

Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants require probable cause and particular descriptions.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 4

Which amendment limits a person to two presidential election wins and says someone serving more than two years of another president's term may be elected only once?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Second Amendment (Amendment XXII).

Ratified: February 27, 1951.

Question 5

Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Says listing certain constitutional rights does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 6

Which amendment gives the District of Columbia presidential and vice-presidential electors, capped at the number held by the least populous state?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Third Amendment (Amendment XXIII).

Ratified: March 29, 1961.

Question 7

Eleventh Amendment (Amendment XI): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Limits federal judicial power over suits against a state by citizens of another state or by foreign citizens or subjects.

Ratified: February 7, 1795.

Question 8

Which amendment bars quartering soldiers in homes without the owner's consent in peacetime and requires wartime quartering to be prescribed by law?

Accepted Answer

Third Amendment (Amendment III).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 9

Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime after conviction, and gives Congress enforcement power.

Ratified: December 6, 1865.

Question 10

Which amendment guarantees criminal defendants a speedy public trial by an impartial local jury, notice of charges, confrontation and compulsory witnesses, and counsel?

Accepted Answer

Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 11

Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars the United States and states from denying or abridging a citizen's vote because of sex.

Ratified: August 18, 1920.

Question 12

Which amendment allows Congress to tax income from any source without apportioning the tax among states or using a census?

Accepted Answer

Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI).

Ratified: February 3, 1913.

Question 13

Twenty-First Amendment (Amendment XXI): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment and preserves state control over alcohol importation and delivery under state law.

Ratified: December 5, 1933.

Question 14

Which amendment establishes citizenship for people born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction; restricts states through privileges-or-immunities, due-process, and equal-protection guarantees; and addresses apportionment, insurrection-related officeholding, and public debt?

Accepted Answer

Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV).

Ratified: July 9, 1868.

Question 15

Twenty-Fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Makes the Vice President President after removal, death, or resignation; provides for filling a vice-presidential vacancy; and establishes presidential-inability procedures.

Ratified: February 10, 1967.

Question 16

Which amendment bars poll taxes or other taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV).

Ratified: January 23, 1964.

Question 17

Second Amendment (Amendment II): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Protects the people's right to keep and bear arms.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 18

Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, transportation, import, and export of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, before its repeal by the Twenty-First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII).

Ratified: January 16, 1919.

Question 19

Fifth Amendment (Amendment V): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Provides grand-jury protection for serious federal crimes, bars double jeopardy and compelled self-incrimination, guarantees due process, and requires just compensation for public takings.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 20

Which amendment sets January start and end dates for presidential, vice-presidential, and congressional terms, requires Congress to meet, and provides contingencies when a President-elect dies or fails to qualify?

Accepted Answer

Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX).

Ratified: January 23, 1933.

Question 21

Tenth Amendment (Amendment X): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Reserves to the states or the people powers not delegated to the United States or prohibited to the states.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 22

Which amendment delays any law changing congressional pay until after an election of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII).

Ratified: May 7, 1992.

Question 23

Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Requires electors to cast separate ballots for President and Vice President and sets contingent-election procedures in the House and Senate.

Ratified: June 15, 1804.

Question 24

Which amendment preserves jury trial in federal civil common-law suits over twenty dollars and limits reexamination of jury-found facts?

Accepted Answer

Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 25

Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars the United States and states from denying or abridging a citizen's vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Ratified: February 3, 1870.

Question 26

Which amendment bars Congress from establishing religion or prohibiting its free exercise, and protects speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petition?

Accepted Answer

First Amendment (Amendment I).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 27

Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Provides for direct popular election of U.S. senators and sets procedures for Senate vacancies.

Ratified: April 8, 1913.

Question 28

Which amendment bars excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments?

Accepted Answer

Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 29

Twenty-Second Amendment (Amendment XXII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Limits a person to two presidential election wins; someone serving more than two years of another president's term may be elected only once.

Ratified: February 27, 1951.

Question 30

Which amendment bars denial or abridgment of voting rights for U.S. citizens age eighteen or older because of age?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI).

Ratified: July 1, 1971.

Question 31

Twenty-Third Amendment (Amendment XXIII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Gives the District of Columbia presidential and vice-presidential electors, capped at the number held by the least populous state.

Ratified: March 29, 1961.

Question 32

Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants to have probable cause and particular descriptions?

Accepted Answer

Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 33

Third Amendment (Amendment III): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars quartering soldiers in homes without the owner's consent in peacetime; wartime quartering must be prescribed by law.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 34

Which amendment says listing certain constitutional rights does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people?

Accepted Answer

Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 35

Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Guarantees criminal defendants a speedy public trial by an impartial local jury, notice of charges, confrontation and compulsory witnesses, and counsel.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 36

Which amendment limits federal judicial power over suits against a state by citizens of another state or by foreign citizens or subjects?

Accepted Answer

Eleventh Amendment (Amendment XI).

Ratified: February 7, 1795.

Question 37

Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Establishes citizenship for people born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction; restricts states through privileges-or-immunities, due-process, and equal-protection guarantees; and addresses apportionment, insurrection-related officeholding, and public debt.

Ratified: July 9, 1868.

Question 38

Which amendment bars the United States and states from denying or abridging a citizen's vote because of sex?

Accepted Answer

Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX).

Ratified: August 18, 1920.

Question 39

Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, transportation, import, and export of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes; later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.

Ratified: January 16, 1919.

Question 40

Which amendment provides grand-jury protection for serious federal crimes, bars double jeopardy and compelled self-incrimination, guarantees due process, and requires just compensation for public takings?

Accepted Answer

Fifth Amendment (Amendment V).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 41

Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Sets January start and end dates for presidential, vice-presidential, and congressional terms, requires Congress to meet, and provides contingencies when a President-elect dies or fails to qualify.

Ratified: January 23, 1933.

Question 42

Which amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime after conviction, and gives Congress enforcement power?

Accepted Answer

Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII).

Ratified: December 6, 1865.

Question 43

Twenty-Fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars poll taxes or other taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections.

Ratified: January 23, 1964.

Question 44

Which amendment repeals the Eighteenth Amendment and preserves state control over alcohol importation and delivery under state law?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-First Amendment (Amendment XXI).

Ratified: December 5, 1933.

Question 45

Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Preserves jury trial in federal civil common-law suits over twenty dollars and limits reexamination of jury-found facts.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 46

Which amendment makes the Vice President President after removal, death, or resignation; provides for filling a vice-presidential vacancy; and establishes presidential-inability procedures?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV).

Ratified: February 10, 1967.

Question 47

Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Allows Congress to tax income from any source without apportioning the tax among states or using a census.

Ratified: February 3, 1913.

Question 48

Which amendment bars the United States and states from denying or abridging a citizen's vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

Accepted Answer

Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV).

Ratified: February 3, 1870.

Question 49

Twenty-Seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Delays any law changing congressional pay until after an election of Representatives.

Ratified: May 7, 1992.

Question 50

Which amendment protects the people's right to keep and bear arms?

Accepted Answer

Second Amendment (Amendment II).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 51

Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 52

Which amendment reserves to the states or the people powers not delegated to the United States or prohibited to the states?

Accepted Answer

Tenth Amendment (Amendment X).

Ratified: December 15, 1791.

Question 53

Twenty-Sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI): what is its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Bars denial or abridgment of voting rights for U.S. citizens age eighteen or older because of age.

Ratified: July 1, 1971.

Question 54

Which amendment requires electors to cast separate ballots for President and Vice President and sets contingent-election procedures in the House and Senate?

Accepted Answer

Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII).

Ratified: June 15, 1804.

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U.S. Constitutional Amendments Flashcards: All 27 Numbers & Meanings