US Politics Amendments 11-27 Test 6

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Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Amendments 11 27) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

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Section: Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Amendments 11 27) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Amendments 11 27) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What does the 8th Amendment ban?

A) Cruel punishment

B) Death tax

C) Income tax

D) Draft

Question 2

What did the 15th Amendment do?

A) ended slavery

B) Black men's vote

C) prohibition

D) income tax

Question 3

Which term means "A change to the Constitution"?

A) the Bill of Rights

B) federalism

C) an amendment

D) checks and balances

Question 4

What did the 19th Amendment do?

A) poll tax

B) voting age

C) ended slavery

D) women's vote

Question 5

Which of these does the 1st Amendment protect?

A) speech, religion, press

B) guns

C) travel

D) housing

Question 6

What did the 14th Amendment do?

A) ended slavery

B) citizenship and equal protection

C) poll taxes

D) women's vote

Question 7

What does the 10th Amendment reserve?

A) All power to president

B) Courts rule states

C) Powers to states

D) Federal taxes

Question 8

Which of these does the 7th Amendment keep?

A) Criminal juries

B) Grand juries

C) Military trials

D) Civil jury trials

Question 9

What did the 26th Amendment do?

A) vote at age 18

B) ended slavery

C) women's vote

D) term limits

Question 10

What best defines the Bill of Rights?

A) a war treaty

B) the first 10 amendments

C) a tax law

D) a city plan

Question 11

What did the 21st Amendment end?

A) Slavery

B) Poll tax

C) Prohibition

D) Draft

Question 12

How many amendments are there:?

A) 50

B) 10

C) 13

D) 27

Question 13

The 19th Amendment accomplished which of these?

A) women's vote

B) poll tax

C) voting age

D) ended slavery

Question 14

What did the 16th Amendment allow?

A) Poll tax

B) Income tax

C) Property tax

D) Sales tax

Question 15

Which of these did the 16th Amendment allow?

A) Poll tax

B) Property tax

C) Income tax

D) Sales tax

Question 16

Provide the definition of checks and balances:

A) state budgets

B) election dates

C) court fees

D) branches limit each other

Question 17

What did the 23rd Amendment give DC?

A) Electoral votes

B) Two senators

C) Statehood

D) A governor

Question 18

Which term means "powers reserved to states"?

A) the supreme law of the USA

B) the 10th Amendment about

C) the Bill of Rights

D) federalism

Question 19

The 15th Amendment accomplished which of these?

A) ended slavery

B) prohibition

C) Black men's vote

D) income tax

Question 20

What best defines federalism?

A) no states

B) only courts

C) one ruler

D) power shared nation and states

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