Memory Clues
Memory Hint for the 13th Amendment
1-3, No Slavery
Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, it freed all slaves in Confederate territory
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
To change or make an addition to
What is an amendment?
Ratified in 1920, this amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
A living document and can be changed at any time.
What is the United States Constitution?
Memory Hint for the 14th Amendment
1-4, Equal Citizens and More
What is the 13th Amendment?
To formally accept or adopt
What is ratify?
Ratified in 1971, this lowered the voting age to 18 from 21.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Amount of times the Constitution has been amended throughout history
What is 27?
Memory Hint for the 15th Amendment
Ratified in 1870, this amendment states that race can not be a factor when denying someone the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
To get rid of
What is abolish?
Ratified in 1964, this abolished poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Proportion of Congress needed to propose an amendment.
What is 2/3?
Memory Hint for the 19th Amendment
1-9, Women Shine
Ratified in 1868, this amendment states that anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and has the same rights as all other citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
A fee required to vote
What is a poll tax?
The fastest amendment in American history to be ratified.
26th Amendment - approx 3 months and 8 days
Memory Hint for the 24th Amendment
2-4, Pay to Vote No More
This was the goal of the Civil War amendments.
What is to protect and provide rights for former slaves?
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
To be deprived of the right to vote
Disenfranchised
The last time the Constitution was amended.
27th Amendment - PASSED by Congress in 1789, RATIFIED by the States in 1992!