Amendments 11-27 Flashcards
What is a poll tax?
Money a person is required to pay in order to be able to vote.
What are civil rights?
Rights guaranteed to all U.S. citizens.
What is income?
Money you earn.
What is a lame duck?
A government official who continues to serve in office although not being reelected.
What is a repeal?
To take away.
Which American citizens right is the most important?
The right to vote.
What is in Amendment 11?
Suits against states
-a person from one state cannot another state in federal court.
What is in Amendment 12?
Election of President and Vice-President
-citizens will vote for one president and one vice-president
What is in Amendment 13?
Abolishment of slavery
-slavery is ended
What is in Amendment 14?
Rights of citizens
- grants full citizenship to African-Americans
- a state cannot take away a persons right to life, liberty, or property without due process
- a state cannot deny a citizen equal protection under the law
What is in Amendment 15?
Right of suffrage
-African-American men are given the right to vote
What is in Amendment 16?
Taxes on income
-congress should not have the power to collect taxes on income
What is in Amendment 17?
Election of senators
-the people of each state shall elect two U.S. senators from their state
What is on Amendment 18?
National prohibition
-alcohol is illegal
What is in Amendment 19?
Women’s suffrage
-women are given the right to vote
What is in Amendment 20?
Lame duck Amendment
- congressmen being on January 3
- the President begins on January 20
What is in Amendment 21?
National Prohibition Repealed
- Amendment 18 is repealed
- alcohol is legal
What is in Amendment 22?
Two-Term limit for president
-a person can only be elected for president for two terms
What is in Amendment 23?
President electors for District of Columbia
-residents of the city of Washington D.C. are given the right to vote for the President and vice-president
What is in Amendment 24?
Prohibition of poll taxes
-the right of citizens to vote in an national election should not be denied on account of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax
What is in Amendment 25?
Presidential Sucession
-if the president dies or resigns, the vice-president becomes president -if the vice-president dies or resigns, the president may appoint someone to fill his office
What is in Amendment 26?
Voting age lowered to eighteen
-a reaction to the Vietnam War
What is in Amendment 27?
Congressional pay raises
-any increase in pay doesn’t go into effort until the election of the House of Representatives
What is a suffrage?
The right to vote.
