AMENDMENTS
13TH AMENDMENT
GAVE MEN OF ANY RACE THE RIGHT TO VOTE
15TH AMENDMENT
KEPT
RETAINED
CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENTS
STEP ONE TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION IS TO INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT, WHAT IS STEP TWO?
RATIFY (APPROVE) IT
WHICH AMENDMENT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE?
19TH AMENDMENT
THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWED AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN TO VOTE
15TH AMENDMENT
ABRIDGED
LIMITED
AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND NOT LEGAL OR ENFORCEABLE
WHO CAN PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT?
THIS CAN BE DONE BY 2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES OR 2/3 OF STATE VOTES
WHICH AMENDMENT LOWERED THE VOTING AGE TO 18?
26TH AMENDMENT
WHICH AMENDMENT LIKELY ADDED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTERS AT ONCE?
19TH AMENDMENT (WOMEN)
DENYING SOMEONE THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS BASED ON GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, ETC.
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
CIVIL RIGHTS
HOW MANY STATES NEED TO RATIFY A CURRENT AMENDMENT?
38 (75%, OR 3/4)
THIS AMENDMENT BANNED POLL TAXES, MAKING VOTING MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR POOR CITIZENS
24TH AMENDMENT
WHAT WERE TWO WAYS THAT LIMITED THE VOTING RIGHTS OF MINORITIES AND THE POOR?
POLL TAXES AND LITERACY TESTS
THE STATE OF BEING CONFINED AS A PRISONER, ESPECIALLY FOR POLITICAL OR MILITARY REASONS
INTERNMENT
TREATING A PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE UNFAIRLY/DIFFERENTLY AS COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE
DISCRIMINATION
HOW MANY AMENDMENTS ARE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND HOW MANY TOTAL AMENDMENTS ARE THERE CURRENTLY?
10, 27
14TH AMENDMENT
WHICH THREE AMENDMENTS EXPANDED VOTING RIGHTS FOR GROUPS PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED?
15TH - 19TH - 26TH
THE PRACTICE OF KEEPING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS, ETC. SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER
SEGREGATION
A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, STIPULATION, OR DEVICE
SAFEGUARD
AN AMENDMENT CAN BE PROPOSED AT A NATIONAL _____________________ CALLED BY 2/3 OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES
CONVENTION