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What power does Congress have in the sixteenth amendment?
The power to lay and collect taxes on peoples income
What does congress do with the tax they get from income tax?
Income taxes help rebuild roads and support the US army
What amendment did the twenty-first amendment repeal?
The twenty-first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment.
What does repealing the eighteenth amendment mean for the twenty-first amendment?
Americans can drink alcohol legally
What are the first 10 amendments called?
Bill of rights
What did the seventeenth amendment do?
Made the senate composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people, for six years and each senator shall have one vote.
How were senators originally selected?
State legislatures elected the senators
What does the twenty-second amendment do?
It sets the presidential term limits
How many terms does the twenty-second amendment allow a president to have?
The President only can have two terms
Which amendment repealed the prohibition on alcohol, which had been established by the 18th Amendment?
The 21st Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment.
What did the eighteenth amendment do?
It abolished alcohol
What is another name for the eighteenth amendment?
Prohibition
What is the twenty-third amendment?
American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors
What is the twenty-third amendment's purpose?
To provide the citizens of the District of Columbia with appropriate rights of voting in national elections for President and Vice President of the United States
This amendment was passed in 1920, establishing women's suffrage.
The Nineteenth Amendment
What is the nineteenth amendment?
Giving women the right to vote
What was another name for the nineteenth amendment?
Women's Suffrage
What did the twenty-fourth amendment do?
Outlawed the poll tax as a requirement to vote
What did the twenty-sixth amendment set?
It set the voting age to eighteen years old
An American citizen cannot be tried twice for the same crime, a concept known as "double jeopardy." Which amendment protects against this?
The Fifth Amendment
What is the twentieth amendment?
It set the inauguration date for new presidential terms and the date for new sessions of Congress
What is the nickname for the twentieth amendment?
The "Lame Duck" amendment
What does the twenty-fifth amendment state?
It says if the President becomes unable to do his job, the Vice President becomes the President or Acting President
What does the twenty-seventh amendment do?
Prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session
Which amendment prevents Congress from passing a law that would change their pay until the beginning of the next term for representatives?
The 27th Amendment, the most recent amendment, prevents members of Congress from raising their own salary during their current term.