11-27 amendments
Order by
17 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 11th | clearly defines jurisdiction of supreme court over a suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state |
| 12th | redefines how the President and Vice-President are chosen by the Electoral College, making the two positions cooperative, rather than first and second highest vote-getters. It also ensures that anyone who becomes Vice-President must be eligible to become President. |
| 13th | NO SLAVERY! |
| 14th | ensures that all citizens of all states enjoyed not only rights on the federal level, but on the state level too. it removed the three-fifths counting of slaves on the census. it ensured that the US would not pay the depths of rebellious states. it also had several measures designed to ensure the loyalty of legislators who participated on the confederate side of the civil war |
| 15th | any race can vote |
| 16th | Allows the federal government to collect income tax without regard to the population of the states |
| 17th | shifted the choosing of senators from the state legislature to the people of the states. |
| 18th | banned the sale of alcohol in 1919 (was later erased) |
| 19th | allows any gender to vote |
| 20th | set new start dates for the terms of the Congress and the President, and clarifies how the deaths of Presidents before swearing-in would be handled |
| 21st | repealed the 18th Amendment |
| 22nd | set a limit on the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms. It has one exception for a Vice-President who assumes the Presidency after the death or removal of the President, establishing the maximum term of any President to 10 years. |
| 23rd | grants the Washington D.C. the right to three electors in Presidential elections. |
| 24th | ensured that no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office. |
| 25th | clarifies even further the line of succession to the Presidency, and establishes rules for a President who becomes unable to perform his duties while in office. |
| 26th | 18 and up can vote |
| 27th | requires that any law that increased the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election. |
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