Reconstruction and State Rights
This amendment was the first adopted after the original Bill of Rights and followed the decision in Chisholm v. Georgia.
What is the 11th Amendment?
This progressive amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators by the people of each state.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This amendment changed the way presidents ran for office by requiring separate votes for president and vice president.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This amendment gave the federal government the power to levy an income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This amendment was proposed in response to issues involving former slaves and is identified as the second of the three Reconstruction Amendments.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment prevents a person from suing another state without that state’s consent.
What is the 11th Amendment?
This amendment states that voting rights cannot be denied on the basis of gender.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment moved the presidential inauguration from March 4 to January 20.
What is the 20th Amendment?
According to the material, taxes under this amendment are due on April 15 each year.
What is the 16th Amendment?
The material identifies this amendment as progressive and notes that it replaced state-legislature selection of senators, a process that had produced many corrupt senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This first Reconstruction Amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment gave Washington, D.C., three votes in the Electoral College and enabled its residents to vote for president.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
This amendment limits a president to election to two terms in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This amendment created prohibition by barring the making, selling, or purchasing of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This amendment was originally drafted in 1878, was created in response to women’s-rights advocates, and was upheld in Lesser v. Garnett.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment prohibited poll taxes, which several states had used to make voting unaffordable for African Americans.
What is the 24th Amendment?
This amendment provides that the vice president takes over if the president dies and may select a new vice president.
What is the 25th Amendment?
This amendment repealed the amendment that had created prohibition and allowed alcohol.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This amendment was created after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office, following his election to a fourth term.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This third Reconstruction Amendment prohibits the government from denying citizens the vote on the basis of race, color, or previous servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
In response to concerns during the Vietnam War, this amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This amendment also addresses what happens when there is no president-elect and was designed to reduce the lame-duck period.
What is the 20th Amendment?
This amendment permits Congress to give itself a raise, but delays the raise until a new Congress begins.
What is the 27th Amendment?
Although it was not ratified until 1992, this amendment was originally proposed in 1789.
What is the 27th Amendment?