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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 22 (1951) declares that a President may not serve more than two terms, but did not apply to which President who was in office when it was proposed?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

2. In Amendment 26 (1971) the legal age to vote was lowered to how many years?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

3. Congress was given the power to do away with Section 3 of Amendment 14, concerning certain supporters of the Confederacy, by a 2/3 vote, and did so in what year?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1896.

4. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) states that if any state takes away the right to vote from individuals meeting which of the following requirements, the number of representatives for that state may be reduced in proportion to those persons not allowed to vote?
(a) 18 years old, U.S. citizens, not convicted.
(b) 21 years old, U.S. citizens, not convicted.
(c) 18 years old, U.S. residents, not convicted.
(d) 21 years old, U.S. residents, not convicted.

5. Amendment 18 (1919) states that the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages is illegal beginning when?
(a) Immediately upon ratification of this amendment.
(b) 1 year after the ratification of this amendment.
(c) 90 days after the ratification of this amendment.
(d) 30 days after the ratification of this amendment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an assembly?

2. No citizen shall be forced to supply room and board to soldiers except in the time of war, and even then it is only acceptable when what?

3. Amendment 1 addresses which of the following five freedoms?

4. Amendment 13, Section 1 (1865) outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude with what exception?

5. The amount of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return at the time of their trial is generally set how?

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