FCLE Constitution 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Seventeenth Amendment
- Nineteenth Amendment (Correct answer)
- Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Correct answer: Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote and prohibited denial of suffrage based on sex.
Question 2: What does the Tenth Amendment reserve to the states or the people?
- All rights not listed in the Bill of Rights
- Powers not delegated to the federal government (Correct answer)
- The right to nullify federal laws
- Authority over interstate commerce
Correct answer: Powers not delegated to the federal government
The Tenth Amendment states that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
Question 3: How is a constitutional amendment ratified after being proposed by Congress?
- Approval by the President
- Three-fourths of state legislatures must ratify it (Correct answer)
- A national referendum must pass
- Two-thirds of the Supreme Court must approve it
Correct answer: Three-fourths of state legislatures must ratify it
After Congress proposes an amendment by a two-thirds vote, it must be ratified by three-fourths (38 of 50) of the state legislatures or state conventions.
Question 4: The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from:
- Double jeopardy
- Self-incrimination
- Unreasonable searches and seizures (Correct answer)
- Excessive bail
Correct answer: Unreasonable searches and seizures
The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants to be supported by probable cause.
Question 5: Which body has the sole power to try impeachments according to the Constitution?
- The House of Representatives
- The Supreme Court
- The Senate (Correct answer)
- A joint session of Congress
Correct answer: The Senate
Article I grants the Senate sole power to try all impeachments; the House has the sole power to impeach (formally charge) an official.
Question 6: What constitutional clause allows Congress to make laws 'necessary and proper' to carry out its enumerated powers?
- Commerce Clause
- Elastic Clause (Correct answer)
- Due Process Clause
- Equal Protection Clause
Correct answer: Elastic Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause (also called the Elastic Clause) in Article I gives Congress flexibility to pass laws needed to execute its listed powers.
Question 7: Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
- Thirteenth Amendment (Correct answer)
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Sixteenth Amendment
Correct answer: Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
FCLE Constitution 3
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?