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Amendments 16-27
Amendments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 16 | Income tax established |
| 17 | Direct election of senators, people now elect senator for their state, before 1913 state legislature elected senators |
| 18 | Prohibition of alcohol |
| 19 | women were given the right to vote |
| 20 | Lame Duck, shortened length of time between the election and inauguration |
| 21 | Repeal of prohibition |
| 22 | term limit for president- 2 terms Can't serve more then ten years |
| 23 | President electors for the district of Columbia gains 3 electoral votes |
| 24 | Abolition of the Poll Tax Eliminated taxes imposed by some southern states to vote in presidential or congressional elections |
| 25 | Presidential Disability and sucession Vice becomes president if president dies etc.. New VP is appointed by president with the approval of congress |
| 26 | 18 eligible to vote |
| 27 | Congressional Salary- an increase will not take affect until the next congressional session |