19 constitutional amendments

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11 th Amendment -Places limits on suits against states

Transcript of 19 constitutional amendments

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11th Amendment

-Places limits on suits against states

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12th Amendment

-Changes procedure for electing President and Vice-President

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13th Amendment

-Bans Slavery and forced labor

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14th Amendment-defines citizenship

-guarantees due process and equal protection of the law

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15th Amendment

-Allows voting to all men regardless of race

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16th Amendment

-Gives the authority to levy an income tax

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17th Amendment

-Establishes the direct election of Senators

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18th Amendment

-Prohibition of Alcohol

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19th Amendment

-Women’s right to vote

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20th Amendment

-Changes the beginning of Presidential and Congressional terms.

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21st Amendment

-Repeals Prohibition

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22nd Amendment

-Establishes a two term limit for President

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23rd Amendment

-Gives residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in national elections

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24th Amendment

-Abolishes the use of poll taxes in voting

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25th Amendment

-Defines the succession of the office of President

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26th Amendment

-Lowers the voting age to 18 years old.

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27th Amendment

-Places limits on Congressional pay raises until the beginning of the nextterm.