amendments
What did the 13th amendment do?
Banned slavery.
What does the 22nd amendment do?
Allows a president to have two terms only.
What did the 18th amendment and the 21st amendment do?
18th banned alcohol and the selling/distribution of it. The 21st counteracted the 18th to re-allow it.
What does the 16th amendment state?
Graduated income tax: The more you make, the more you pay. The less you make, the less you pay.
What's the 15th amendment do?
Gave everyone but women the right to vote (Largely ignored in the south + they had the Jim Crow Laws.)
What did the 19th amendment do?
What does the 11th amendment protect?
The 11th amendment protects a state from getting sued by a person of another state
What does the 17th amendment say?
The power to elect senators by popular vote.
What did the 14th amendment do?
Gave citizenship and equal rights to former slaves.
What does the 25th amendment state?
The order of who will become president if reoccurring events make the previous unable. (V.P, Speaker of H.O.R, Pres. Pro Tempore of Senate, Sec. of State, Cab. mem. based on seniority)
What does the 12th amendment do?
Clarifies the process of electing the president and vice president.
What's the 20th amendment do?
Establishes the beginning of a Congress member's term (Jan 3rd) and the presidents term (Jan 20th)
What did the 26th amendment do?
Moved voting age from 21 to 18.
What does the 27th amendment say?
Members of Congress can't vote to raise their pay until the next session of Congress.
What did the 23rd amendment do?
Gave Washington D.C the right to vote for their Reps. of Congress.