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Amendment Hodgepodge
Vocab
14th Amendment
100
Who wanted "malice toward none"?
Lincoln
100
The Constitution left voting laws up to _____
States
100
Formula for determining how many electoral votes each state gets
House + Senate
100
Why are the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments called reconstruction?
Re-building the country (and the South) after the Civil War
100
Define Disenfranchise
Preventing someone from voting
100
Who does the 14th Amendment define as a citizen?
Someone born here
200
How was Johnson different from Lincoln
Rules for states to re-enter
200
What did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg say about the Supreme Court outlawing parts of the Voting Rights Act?
You don't put away your umbrella in rainstorm because you are not getting wet
200
What were the circumstances surrounding the 25th Amendment
JFK was assassinated and Johnson had heart issues
200
This amendment set rules for lawsuits between and against the states
11th
200
Define Precedent
An example, Washington leaving after 2 terms
200
A big purpose of the 14th Amendment was to make sure _____ followed the Bill of Rights
States
300
What part of the Constitution did Lincoln and Johnson believe gave them the right to handle to southern states?
Power to pardon
300
What methods, used by the South after the Civil War, were outlawed by the Voting Rights Act?
Literacy Tests and Poll taxes
300
Which president is responsible for the 22nd Amendnet
FDR
300
Why didn't Washington DC have electoral votes when the Constitution was written?
Because it is not a state
300
Give an example of Checks and Balances from the Reconstruction era
Johnson Vetoing
Congress proposing Amend to get around Johnson
Johnson threatening to go to court
300
What happened to Wong Kim Ark?
He was denied re-entry into US because his parents were Chinese despite being born in the US
400
What parts of the Constitution did Congress believe gave them the right to handle to southern states?
New territory and new state admission
400
What happened to the Voting Rights Act as a result of the Supreme Court Case Shelby v Holder?
The preclearance part was declared unconstitutional
400
What changed to cause the 20th Amendment to be passed
Changes in transportation
400
What did the 11th and 27th Amendments do?
400
Define Preclearance
Permission from federal government required by Voting Rights Act for state to change voting laws
400
How did a teacher from Buckeye Trail come to use the 14th Amendment?
Discrimination
500
Why did Congress insist on proposing the 15th Amendment? How did they benefit?
Former slaves were voting for them (republicans)and they wanted to ensure they continued to have the right to vote
500
If the 15th Amendment gave black men the right to vote, why was the Voting Rights Act needed? What happened?
Southern states passed Jim Crow laws to get around the 15th Amend
500
Name the 2 problems that led to the 12th Amendment
1796- Different parties Pres and VP
1800- Pres and VP tied in Electoral Votes
500
This amendment Allowed citizens to vote for Senators and this amendment gave poor people the ability to vote
17th and 24th
500
Define Incorporation
Forcing the states to follow the Bill of Rights
500
Who had the power to enforce the 14th Amendment? AND what law did they pass?
Congress, Civil Rights Act 1964