Definitions/People
What was a suffragist?
Advocate/Ally in the women's movement for the right to vote
What does the 22nd amendment limit?
Presidential terms
No congressional pay increases will take effect until after the next election, according to which amendment?
Twenty-Seventh
All persons born or naturalized in the United States have equal protection according to the _____ amendment.
14th
What is a Speakeasy?
Illegal bar during prohibition
What power does the 16th amendment give to Congress?
The power to lay and collect income taxes.
Which amendment addresses lawsuits against states?
11th Amendment
Poor enforcement of the 18th amendment contributed to the passage of the 21st amendment. True or False
True, alcohol sales continued after the 18th amendment via various criminal organizations
What is a lame duck?
An elected official who was not re-elected and still in office before the successor takes over. This person still has power....
Prior to the ________Amendment, Senators were elected by State Legislatures not through the popular vote of the people.
17th
Prior to the ______amendment, poll taxes had been used to deny people the right to vote.
24th
True or False: States are allowed to set a voting age lower than 18.
True
Who served more than 3 terms as President and why did he stop serving?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt died during his 4th term.
Which two amendments deal with prohibition of the sale of alcohol?
The 18th amendment prohibits the sale, transportation, and or manufacture of alcohol.
The 21st amendment repeals prohibition.
What did section 4 of the 14th amendment mean for debts owed to Confederate soldiers?
Debts were not valid that were owed to Confederates.
Which amendment gave the right to vote to any citizen over the age of 18?
26th
What it the Volstead Act?
Law passed to enforce prohibition
Which two amendments address slavery and how?
The 13th Amendment abolishes slavery.
The 15th Amendment states that voting rights shall be denied on the basis of race, color, or previous servitude
Which (2) amendments address Presidential Succession and how?
Twentieth changes the inauguration from March 4th to January 20th and addresses the specific line of succession after the Vice-President.
True or False: The 23rd amendment gave the District of Columbia 2 Senate seats and one Congressional seat.
False: DC doesn't have voting representatives in Congress and is not a state.