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The Bill of Rights and Amendments MCQs USA

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1. Which amendment is known as the “Freedom of Speech” amendment?
a) First Amendment
b) Second Amendment
c) Fourth Amendment
d) Tenth Amendment
Answer: a) First Amendment

2. The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution primarily concerns:
a) Freedom of the press
b) The right to bear arms
c) The right to a speedy trial
d) Protection from unreasonable searches
Answer: b) The right to bear arms

3. The Third Amendment addresses which of the following?
a) Right to privacy
b) Freedom of assembly
c) Quartering of soldiers
d) Right to due process
Answer: c) Quartering of soldiers

4. Which amendment protects citizens from “unreasonable searches and seizures”?
a) Third Amendment
b) Fourth Amendment
c) Fifth Amendment
d) Sixth Amendment
Answer: b) Fourth Amendment

5. Which amendment ensures the right to a speedy and public trial?
a) Fifth Amendment
b) Sixth Amendment
c) Seventh Amendment
d) Eighth Amendment
Answer: b) Sixth Amendment

6. Which amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy?
a) Fifth Amendment
b) Sixth Amendment
c) Seventh Amendment
d) Eighth Amendment
Answer: a) Fifth Amendment

7. The Eighth Amendment prohibits which of the following?
a) Cruel and unusual punishment
b) Excessive bail
c) Both a and b
d) Double jeopardy
Answer: c) Both a and b

8. Which amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury in civil cases?
a) Fifth Amendment
b) Sixth Amendment
c) Seventh Amendment
d) Eighth Amendment
Answer: c) Seventh Amendment

9. The Ninth Amendment states that:
a) Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states
b) Rights not listed in the Constitution are retained by the people
c) Citizens have the right to bear arms
d) The government cannot impose cruel and unusual punishment
Answer: b) Rights not listed in the Constitution are retained by the people

10. Which amendment deals with powers reserved to the states or the people?
a) Eighth Amendment
b) Ninth Amendment
c) Tenth Amendment
d) Eleventh Amendment
Answer: c) Tenth Amendment

11. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished:
a) Alcohol
b) Slavery
c) Poll taxes
d) The Electoral College
Answer: b) Slavery

12. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees:
a) Freedom of religion
b) Equal protection under the law
c) The right to bear arms
d) The right to vote for women
Answer: b) Equal protection under the law

13. Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?
a) Thirteenth Amendment
b) Fourteenth Amendment
c) Fifteenth Amendment
d) Nineteenth Amendment
Answer: c) Fifteenth Amendment

14. The Nineteenth Amendment granted which group the right to vote?
a) African American men
b) Native Americans
c) Women
d) Eighteen-year-olds
Answer: c) Women

15. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to:
a) 21
b) 20
c) 19
d) 18
Answer: d) 18

16. Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
a) Eighteenth Amendment
b) Nineteenth Amendment
c) Twenty-First Amendment
d) Twenty-Second Amendment
Answer: c) Twenty-First Amendment

17. The Twenty-Second Amendment limits the president to how many terms?
a) One term
b) Two terms
c) Three terms
d) Four terms
Answer: b) Two terms

18. The Eighteenth Amendment is associated with:
a) Abolishing slavery
b) Establishing Prohibition
c) Granting women the right to vote
d) Lowering the voting age
Answer: b) Establishing Prohibition

19. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment deals with:
a) Presidential succession
b) Congressional term limits
c) Voting rights for minorities
d) The right to bear arms
Answer: a) Presidential succession

20. Which amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
a) Fourteenth Amendment
b) Fifteenth Amendment
c) Nineteenth Amendment
d) Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Answer: b) Fifteenth Amendment

21. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment eliminated which of the following?
a) Literacy tests for voting
b) Poll taxes in federal elections
c) Segregation in public schools
d) Age restrictions on voting
Answer: b) Poll taxes in federal elections

22. Which amendment addresses the procedures for replacing the president in the event of death, resignation, or incapacitation?
a) Twentieth Amendment
b) Twenty-Second Amendment
c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment
d) Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Answer: c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment

23. The Eleventh Amendment limits the ability of individuals to:
a) Sue states in federal court
b) Vote in federal elections
c) Run for president
d) Be tried for the same crime twice
Answer: a) Sue states in federal court

24. Which amendment provides for the direct election of U.S. Senators?
a) Twelfth Amendment
b) Fifteenth Amendment
c) Seventeenth Amendment
d) Twenty-Third Amendment
Answer: c) Seventeenth Amendment

25. The Twenty-Third Amendment grants electoral votes to which area?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Washington, D.C.
c) Guam
d) Virgin Islands
Answer: b) Washington, D.C.

26. The Twelfth Amendment modified the procedure for electing the:
a) President and vice president
b) Speaker of the House
c) Senate majority leader
d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Answer: a) President and vice president

27. Which amendment abolished poll taxes in federal elections?
a) Fourteenth Amendment
b) Fifteenth Amendment
c) Twenty-Fourth Amendment
d) Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Answer: c) Twenty-Fourth Amendment

28. The Twenty-Seventh Amendment concerns:
a) Congressional pay raises
b) Presidential term limits
c) Voting rights
d) Freedom of speech
Answer: a) Congressional pay raises

29. Which amendment was passed in response to the Civil War and grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?
a) Thirteenth Amendment
b) Fourteenth Amendment
c) Fifteenth Amendment
d) Sixteenth Amendment
Answer: b) Fourteenth Amendment

30. Which amendment allows Congress to levy an income tax?
a) Thirteenth Amendment
b) Fourteenth Amendment
c) Fifteenth Amendment
d) Sixteenth Amendment
Answer: d) Sixteenth Amendment

31. Which amendment extended the right to vote to citizens aged 18 and older?
a) Nineteenth Amendment
b) Twenty-Second Amendment
c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment
d) Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Answer: d) Twenty-Sixth Amendment

32. The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of:
a) Race, color, or previous condition of servitude
b) Gender
c) Age
d) Religion
Answer: a) Race, color, or previous condition of servitude

33. Which amendment required the president to take office on January 20th instead of March 4th?
a) Twentieth Amendment
b) Twenty-Second Amendment
c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment
d) Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Answer: a) Twentieth Amendment

34. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
a) Thirteenth Amendment
b) Fourteenth Amendment
c) Fifteenth Amendment
d) Sixteenth Amendment
Answer: a) Thirteenth Amendment

35. Which amendment provides that the vice president becomes president upon the death or resignation of the president?
a) Twelfth Amendment
b) Fourteenth Amendment
c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment
d) Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Answer: c) Twenty-Fifth Amendment

36. Which amendment is known as the “Prohibition Amendment”?
a) Seventeenth Amendment
b) Eighteenth Amendment
c) Nineteenth Amendment
d) Twenty-First Amendment
Answer: b) Eighteenth Amendment

37. Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
a) Fifteenth Amendment
b) Sixteenth Amendment
c) Seventeenth Amendment
d) Nineteenth Amendment
Answer: d) Nineteenth Amendment

38. Which amendment was ratified to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Chisholm v. Georgia?
a) Eleventh Amendment
b) Twelfth Amendment
c) Thirteenth Amendment
d) Fourteenth Amendment
Answer: a) Eleventh Amendment

39. The Twelfth Amendment requires separate electoral votes for:
a) President and vice president
b) President and speaker of the House
c) President and secretary of state
d) President and chief justice of the Supreme Court
Answer: a) President and vice president

40. Which amendment prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime?
a) First Amendment
b) Second Amendment
c) Third Amendment
d) Fourth Amendment
Answer: c) Third Amendment

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