Which Amendment Was Commonly Referred to as the States' Rights

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which amendment was commonly referred to as the States' Rights Amendment?

• A) the Tenth Amendment
• B) the Seventeenth Amendment
• C) the Nineteenth Amendment
• D) the Sixteenth Amendment

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Definitions:

Boston Massacre

A confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers killed five civilian men in Boston, escalating tensions that led to the American Revolutionary War.

British Soldiers

Members of the United Kingdom's military service historically involved in various global conflicts and peacekeeping missions.

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States (1801-1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.

John Adams

The second President of the United States (1797-1801), a Founding Father who played a leading role in independence from Britain and the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.