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Amendment Worksheet

Write the number of the amendment described on


the blank next to each statement.
__________1.

Guarantees the right to a speedy trial.

__________2.

Outlaws paying a tax as a condition for voting.

__________3.

Set s out the Presidential succession to office and a Vice-Presidential vacancy.

__________4.

Protects against excessive bails and cruel and unusual punishment.

__________5.

Guarantees representation in criminal proceedings.

__________6.

Guarantees the right to vote to all persons without reference to race, color, or previous
servitude.

__________7.

Protects us from having to keep troops in our homes in peacetime.

__________8.

Forbids slavery in the U.S.

__________9.

Congressional pay raises will not go into effect until after the next congressional election.

__________10. Grant the District of Columbia Presidential electors.


__________11. Says that powers not delegated to the national government, and not prohibited to the States,
belong to the States.
__________12. Made changes in the Electoral College system.
__________13. Prohibited the sale, manufacture, transportation, importation, and exportation of all
intoxicating liquors in the United States.
__________14. Stipulates that a President can serve no more than two elected terms.
__________15. Gives the right to a jury trial in civil cases that exceed a certain amount of money.
__________16. Provides for the right to petition the government.
__________17. Changes the way we elect our U.S. Senators in each State.
__________18. Gives us the right to confront our accusers when charged with a criminal offense.
__________19. Prohibits being forced to give testimony that might implicate oneself in a crime.

__________20. . A State may not be sued in federal court by residents of another State or by foreign
residents.
__________21. Explains the dates that Congress will convene and the President will take office, and what will
happen if the President-elect dies.
__________22. Guarantees freedom of the press.
__________23. Prohibits trying someone twice for the same offense.
__________24. Repealed the 18th Amendment.
__________25. States that the people of the United States retain certain unenumerated rights that cannot be
taken away.
__________26. Guarantees that one must be told the charges if arrested.
__________27. Protects freedom of religion and speech.
__________28. Gives right to bear arms.
__________29. Entitles the accused to a grand jury indictment in all capital cases.
__________30. Guarantees the rights of all citizens born or naturalized in the U.S.
__________31. Lowers voting age from 21 to 18.
__________32. Established individual income tax.
__________33. Extended the right to vote to women.
__________34. Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by law officers.
__________35. Contains the second due process clause of the Constitution.
__________36. Contains the equal protection clause.
__________37. Sets up the precedent of eminent domain.
__________38. Provides for freedom of expression.
__________39. Provides for the right to assemble.
__________40. Contains the first due process clause in the Constitution.

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