| Term | Definition |
|---|
| thirteenth | outlaws slavery |
| fourteenth | protects the rights of citizenship in general by prohibiting a state from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without "due process of law" |
| fifteenth | prohibits the government from denying a person's right to vote on the basis of race |
| sixteenth | gives Congress the power to levy individual income taxes |
| seventeenth | states that the people, instead of state legislatures, elect United States senators |
| eighteenth | prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportaion of alcoholic beverages, concluding a crusade to abolish the use of liquor that began in the 1830s |
| nineteenth | guaranteed women the right to vote |
| twentieth | sets new dates foor Congress to begin its term and for the inauguration of the president and vice president |
| twenty-first | repeals the unsuccessful eighteenth amendment. continued to ban the transport of alcohol into any state where its possession violated state law |
| twenty-second | limits presidents to a maximum of two elected terms |
| twenty-third | allows citizens living in Washington, D.C., to vote for president and vice president, a right previously denied residents of the nation's capital |
| twenty-fourth | prohibits poll taxes in federal elections |
| twenty-fifth | establishes a process for the vice president to take over leadership of the nation when a president is disabled |
| twenty-sixth | lowers the voting age in both federal and state elections to 18 |
| twenty-seventh | makes congressional pay raises effective during the term following their passage |
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