19 constitutional amendments
Transcript of 19 constitutional amendments
11th Amendment
-Places limits on suits against states
12th Amendment
-Changes procedure for electing President and Vice-President
13th Amendment
-Bans Slavery and forced labor
14th Amendment-defines citizenship
-guarantees due process and equal protection of the law
15th Amendment
-Allows voting to all men regardless of race
16th Amendment
-Gives the authority to levy an income tax
17th Amendment
-Establishes the direct election of Senators
18th Amendment
-Prohibition of Alcohol
19th Amendment
-Women’s right to vote
20th Amendment
-Changes the beginning of Presidential and Congressional terms.
21st Amendment
-Repeals Prohibition
22nd Amendment
-Establishes a two term limit for President
23rd Amendment
-Gives residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in national elections
24th Amendment
-Abolishes the use of poll taxes in voting
25th Amendment
-Defines the succession of the office of President
26th Amendment
-Lowers the voting age to 18 years old.
27th Amendment
-Places limits on Congressional pay raises until the beginning of the nextterm.