Quiz 4- Additional Amendments
1. Which Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of
alcoholic beverages?
a. Eighteenth Amendment
2. Which of the following is not true about the Twenty-sixth Amendment?
a. It was ratified because eighteen-years old were drafted into the
Vietnam War
3. To which of the following actions would a court most likely apply
intermediate judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment?
a. A state university that refuses to admit a woman on account of her
sex
4. All of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights have been incorporated against
the states?
a. False
5. Briefly explain the primary reason why the Fourteenth Amendment was
proposed.
a. The 14th Amendment establishes that all persons born in the United
States are citizens. As a result, all persons has the right to equal legal
protection. This helped to restore the apportionment of
representation such that all people were counted as full persons. This
contributed to limit a state's power because states could not refuse
someone equal protection under the law. The 14th Amendment was
ratified specifically to ensure that Congress had the authority to
enact legislation (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1866) prohibiting
states from denying basic civil rights to black people. Enacting this
Amendment aligned with the Declaration of Independence's
statement that "all men are created equal." In addition, to living up
to LONANG, as depicted in Deuteronomy 10:17.
6. Which of the following Amendments has been used by the Supreme Court
to apply rights contained in the Bill of Rights against the states?
a. Fourteenth Amendment
7. Per the Twenty-second Amendment, no person may be elected to the office
of the president more than _____ times?
a. Two
8. Which of the following is not true of the Twenty-fifth Amendment?
a. It defines the term “inability”
9. Which of the following is not true about the Twenty-seventh Amendment?
a. It has been successfully used to strike down several attempted
Congressional pay raises
10.Which of the following Amendments deals with the subject matter of
taxes?
a. Both A and C
11.Which of the following Amendments does not deal with the subject matter
of the office of the president?
a. Seventeenth Amendment
12.Which of the following is true about rational basis review under the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. All of the above
13.A law that classifies persons based on age would most likely face which
type of judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment?
a. Rational basis review
14.Which of the following Amendments least protects the right to vote?
a. Fourteenth Amendment
15.Which of the following are permissible methods of filling a Senate vacancy
under the Seventeenth Amendment?
a. Both A and B
16.Which of the following actions would least likely constitute “state action”
under Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. An owner of a private shopping mall creates rules for use of the mall
17.Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to
expand the meaning of the rest of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. False
18.What key legal issue remains regarding the regulation of alcoholic
beverages after the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment?
a. To what extent does the Amendment block federal regulation of
alcoholic beverages?
19.Which Amendment bars citizens from suing a state in federal court?
a. Eleventh Amendment
20. Which of the following is true about poll taxes?
a. All of the above
21.Which of the following Amendments prohibits the states from
discriminating against citizens?
a. All of the above
22.Which of the following Amendments provides the strongest constitutional
grounds for Congressional power to ban state laws that prohibit blacks
from owning property?
a. Fourteenth Amendment
23.Which of the following has not been found by the Supreme Court to be a
protected right under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment?
a. The right to commit an assisted suicide
24.Which of the following actions is not prohibited by the Thirteenth
Amendment
a. A state prison requires a convicted felon to work manual labor as
part of his sentence
25.Which of the following is not an effect of the Seventeenth Amendment?
a. Legislation is approved more quickly in the Senate
26.Which of the following is not true of strict judicial scrutiny under the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. The test is easily satisfied by the government
27.The primary purpose of Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment was to
shorten the “lame-duck” period after an election and before the newly
elected president, vice president, and members of Congress take office.
a. True
28.Which of the following was the most successful strategy used by the
advocates of women’s suffrage to gain the right for women to vote?
a. Amend the United States Constitution to prohibit states from
denying the right to vote based on sex
29.Which of the following is not true about Section 1 of the Fourteenth
Amendment?
a. It effectively overturned the Supreme Court decision, Dred Scott v.
Sanford (INCORRECT)
b. It affirmed that newly freed slaves were citizens of the United States
(INCORRECT)
30.To which of the following government actions would a court most likely
apply strict judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment?
a. Both A and B
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