Amendments 11-27

Question 0

Amendment 12

Answer 0

Revises presidential election procedures.

Question 1

Amendment 11

Answer 1

Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.

Question 2

Amendment 13

Answer 2

Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

Question 3

Amendment 14

Answer 3

Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.

Question 4

Amendment 15

Answer 4

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 5

Amendment 16

Answer 5

Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

Question 6

Amendment 17

Answer 6

Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

Question 7

Amendment 18

Answer 7

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
(Repealed December 5, 1933)

Question 8

Amendment 19

Answer 8

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.

Question 9

Amendment 20

Answer 9

Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.

Question 10

Amendment 21

Answer 10

Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws.

Question 11

Amendment 22

Answer 11

Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.

Question 12

Amendment 23

Answer 12

Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.

Question 13

Amendment 24

Answer 13

Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax.

Question 14

Amendment 25

Answer 14

Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

Question 15

Amendment 26

Answer 15

Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.

Question 16

Amendment 27

Answer 16

Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.