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Amendments 11 -27
U.S. History
Question | Answer |
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Amendment 11 | How lawsuits against the state are handled |
Amendment 12 | one ballot for the election of President and Vice Presiden |
Amendment 13 | Abolition (end) of Slavery |
Amendment 14 | extended citizenship to all people born in the US and guaranteed due process for all |
Amendment 15 | granted suffrage (right to vote) to African American males |
Amendment 16 | created Income Tax (gave the government the ability to tax individuals' income |
Amendment 17 | changed how Senators are elected (Senators are now elected by the people of that state) |
Amendment 18 | Prohibition, made alcohol illegal |
Amendment 19 | Women's Suffrage (right to vote) |
Amendment 20 | moved President's inauguration to Jan. 20th |
Amendment 21 | Repeal of Prohibition, legal to produce, manufacture, sell and drink alcohol again |
Amendment 22 | President can only be Elected for two terms |
Amendment 23 | extended suffrage to Washington DC residents |
Amendment 24 | outlawed poll taxes |
Amendment 25 | states the procedures in case of Presidential succession and disability |
Amendment 26 | Voting Age (suffrage) Moved to 18 |
Amendment 27 | Forbids Congress Giving Itself a Pay Raise Mid-Term |