11-12th Amendments
The 11th Amendment states that you cannot sue whom in a federal court without their permission.
What is a state?
The 13th Amendment outlawed this.
What is slavery?
The 16th Amendment deals specifically with this.
What is income tax?
The amendment that started prohibition?
What is the 18th Amendment?
The 12th Amendment was caused by the election of 1800 between these two candidates.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
The 14th Amendment officially made freed slaves this.
What are American citizens?
The first income tax, before the 16th Amendment, was instituted during this national crisis.
What is the Civil War?
The amendment that ended Prohibition?
What is the 21st Amendment?
Both of the presidents who were involved in the 12th Amendment died on this day, ironically.
What is July 4, 1826?
The 15th Amendment allowed freed slaves to do this.
What is vote?
The name of the type of tax that is an equal percent for all citizens.
What is a flat tax?
The most well-known gangster during Prohibition.
Who is Al Capone?
John Adams believed in a strong central government, much like Democratic party today, but his party was known as this?
What are the Federalists?
Many southern states used literacy tests and these to prohibit freed slaves from voting.
What are poll taxes?
The name of the type of tax where the more you make, the higher percentage you pay.
What is a progressive tax?
Some people who tried to outrun the law in their souped up cars while transporting illegal alcohol later started this association.
What is NASCAR?
Thomas Jefferson believed in states' rights and smaller government, which resembles the Republican party today, but it was called this back then.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
The amendment that allowed freed slaves to vote is nicknamed this.
What is black suffrage?
The name of the tax where there would be no income tax, but a high percentage tax (possibly 25%) would be placed on all goods and services.
What is a Value Added Tax (VAT)?
A person who tried to outrun the law in souped up cars was known as this.
What is a "bootlegger?"