Name: ______________________
Class: _________________
Date: _________
ID: A
Amendments 11-27 Practice Test '13
Matching
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11th
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22nd (1951)
23rd (1961)
24th (1964)
25th (1967)
26th (1971)
27th (1992)
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1. The amendment limits presidents to ten years in office and/or no more than two terms in office
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2. This amendment gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
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3. This amendment was ratified after the U.S. Civil War and guarantees such things as a definition of
citizenship and requires states to extend due process and equal protection of the law to all persons.
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4. The amendment gave African American males and other racial minority males the right to vote
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5. This amendment disallowed citizens from one state suing another state in federal court
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6. This amendment allows the residents of Washington DC to vote in Presidential elections
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7. Requires states to allow all citizens the right to vote at the age of 18
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8. This amendment altered the way that the U.S. elects Senators to the U.S. Senate
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11th
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20th (1933)
21st (1933)
22nd (1951)
23rd (1961)
24th (1964)
25th (1967)
26th (1971)
27th (1992)
9. This amendment repealed prohibition.
____ 10. This amenmdent was endorsed by President Lincoln and ended slavery in the US
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Name: ______________________
ID: A
____ 11. Early 20th century amendment that established prohibition
____ 12. This amendment requires electors to specify which candidate they prefer for President and Vice President
____ 13. Depression Era amendment that moved the date of inauguration to January
____ 14. This amendment allows the Federal government to collect income tax
____ 15. The amendment that disallows the use of poll taxes
____ 16. Amendment that was proposed in 1789 which sought to require Congress to wait until the next term of
Congress before realizing a pay raise.
____ 17. This amendment defined citizenship as jus soli or jus sanguinis in order to prevent southern states from
disqualifying people for citizenship based on race
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ID: A
Amendments 11-27 Practice Test '13
Answer Section
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