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Quiz about The Amendments after the Bill of Rights

The Amendments after the Bill of Rights! Quiz

Many people know the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. How well do you know the rest of them?

A multiple-choice quiz by theduck220. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
theduck220

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
272,511

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which amendment established the federal income tax? Hint

16th Amendment

24th Amendment

17th Amendment

11th Amendment

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which amendment moved inauguration day for the President back from March 4th to January 20th? Hint

13th Amendment

17th Amendment

22nd Amendment

20th Amendment

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in federal elections? Hint

21st Amendment

15th Amendment

27th Amendment

23rd Amendment

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Question 4 of 10

4. What amendment made it so that the president and the vice-president would be voted for on separate ballots? Hint

12th Amendment

14th Amendment

22nd Amendment

25th Amendment

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which amendment said that the right to vote couldn't be denied on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude? Hint

19th Amendment

15th Amendment

24th Amendment

26th Amendment

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators? Hint

17th Amendment

27th Amendment

22nd Amendment

14th Amendment

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which amendment repealed Prohibition? Hint

21st Amendment

27th Amendment

18th Amendment

11th Amendment

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Question 8 of 10

8. What amendment lowered the voting age to 18? Hint

26th Amendment

24th Amendment

18th Amendment

19th Amendment

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Question 9 of 10

9. What amendment clarified presidential succession and required that a vice-president be nominated by the president in the case of a vacancy? Hint

22nd Amendment

27th Amendment

11th Amendment

25th Amendment

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which amendment abolished slavery within the United States? Hint

27th Amendment

14th Amendment

13th Amendment

11th Amendment

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which amendment established the federal income tax?

Answer: 16th Amendment

There was a income tax before this, but it was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the case Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust.

2. Which amendment moved inauguration day for the President back from March 4th to January 20th?

Answer: 20th Amendment

This amendment, also known as the lame duck amendment, shortens the period in which the outgoing president is still the president and can sign bills.

3. Which amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in federal elections?

Answer: 23rd Amendment

Before they had the right to vote, Washington D.C. had more people than 12 states that did have the right to vote.

4. What amendment made it so that the president and the vice-president would be voted for on separate ballots?

Answer: 12th Amendment

This amendment was made in response to the election of 1800. In that election, Aaron Burr received the same number of votes as Thomas Jefferson even though it was planned for him to be the vice-president behind Jefferson.

5. Which amendment said that the right to vote couldn't be denied on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

Answer: 15th Amendment

This amendment was made to give the right to vote to African-American males, but women weren't given the right to vote at this time, prompting women such as Susan B. Anthony to push for a women's suffrage amendment.

6. Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?

Answer: 17th Amendment

Prior to this amendment, state legislatures elected the senators.

7. Which amendment repealed Prohibition?

Answer: 21st Amendment

This amendment repealed the 18th amendment which started Prohibition. This was the only amendment that the states ratified by conventions. All of the rest were ratified by state legislatures.

8. What amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

Answer: 26th Amendment

This amendment was made because many people believed that if people who are 18 could be drafted for military service, they should be able to vote.

9. What amendment clarified presidential succession and required that a vice-president be nominated by the president in the case of a vacancy?

Answer: 25th Amendment

Both houses of Congress have to confirm the appointment of the vice-president. This amendment helped almost right away when Spiro Agnew resigned as vice-president, prompting Richard Nixon to appoint Gerald Ford to become vice-president. When Richard Nixon resigned as president, Ford became president.

10. Which amendment abolished slavery within the United States?

Answer: 13th Amendment

This amendment was made after the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in states that had seceded, so this amendment ended slavery in all the slaves.

Source: Author theduck220

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