Civics: Amendments 11-27
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- 27th Amendment
- Banned Congress from increasing its members salaries until after the next election
- 21st Amendment
- Repealed the 18th Amendment & empowered Congress to regulate the liquor industry
- 24th Amendment
- Forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election
- 23rd Amendment
- Granted voters in Washington, D.C. the right to vote for president and vice president
- 16th Amendment
- Empowered Congress to levy an income tax
- 17th Amendment
- Provided for the election of U.S. Senators by direct popular vote instead of by the state legislatures
- 25th Amendment
- Provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of vice president
- 11th Amendment
- Removed cases in which a state was sued wothout its consent from the jurisdiction of the federal courts
- 14th Amendment
- Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.; banned states from denying any person life, liberty or property without due process of law; banned states from denying any person equal protection under the laws
- 19th Amendment
- Guaranteed the right to vote to women
- 12th Amendment
- Required presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president
- 26th Amendment
- Guaranteed the right to vote to 18-year-olds
- 15th Amendment
- Guaranteed voting rights to African Americans by outlawing denial of the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- 22nd Amendment
- Limited presidents to two full terms in office
- 18th Amendment
- Authorized Congress to prohibit the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor
- 13th Amendment
- abolished slavery and authorized Congress to pass legislation implementing its abolition
- 20th Amendment
- Shortened the time between a presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20th as inauguration day; set January 3rd for the opening of a new Congress