Constitution amendments
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- 13th Amendment
- Civil War Amendment-outlawed slavery and enforced servitude unless convicted of a crime
- 20th Amendment
- presidential, congressional terms- changes the time from which new president goes into office-inaugration january.
- 17th Amendment
- Senators elected by popular vote-you have the right to elect your senators directly
- 15th Amendment
- Civil War Amendment-can't be denied the right to vote based on nature of birth
- 11th Amendment
- Judicial Limits-you can't sue a state through the federal court system, you have to go through it's own court system. includes foreign countries.
- 12th Amendment
- Choosing the President and Vice President-candidates have to say who they are and declare what office they are running for
- 14th Amendment
- Civil War Amendment-all persons born or naturalized in the united states is a citizen of the united states first, then a citizen of the state you were born in.
- 19th Amendment
- women's suffrage-women have the right to vote
- 18th Amendment
- Abolishment of Alchol-No longer existing! :]
- 16th Amendment
- status of income tax clarified-gives the federal government the right to tax your income