Amendments 11-15
Why is the eleventh amendment important?
It is important because it established the principle of state sovereign immunity
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?
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The twenty-first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment.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
Why was the twelfth amendment passed?
Because Congress wanted to change the last electoral system since it was too confusing.
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?
How many terms does the twenty-second amendment allow a president to have?
What was a positive about the thirteenth amendment?
All slaves were declared free
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
What did the fourteenth amendment grant to former slaves?
Granted former slaves citizenship
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
The fifteenth amendment ensured that states were not doing what?
denying votes because of peoples race
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