Amendments Number To Definition Flashcards
11th Amendment
Immunity of states to certain law suits.
12th Amendment
Changes in how the president/Vice President are chosen
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery
14th amendment
Every person born in the USA is a US citizen
15th Amendment
No denial of the right to vote
13th, 14th, 15th, known as….
Civil war Amendments
16th Amendment
Federal income tax
17th Amendment
Popular election of senators
18th amendment
Prohibition of Alcohol
Which amendment doesn’t apply today?
18
19th amendment
Women’s suffrage
20th amendment
Date changes in congressional and presidential terms
21st Amendment
Repeal of prohibition (18th amendment)
22nd amendment
Presidential term limit(2)
Who was the only president to serve more than 2 terms?
Franklin Roosevelt
23rd Amendment
D.C gets votes in the Electoral College
24th Amendment
Ban on poll taxes
What was the purpose of poll taxes
Poll taxes prevented former slaves from voting by saying that you had to pay a tax to vote
25th amendment
Presidential succession and disability
26th Amendment
18 year old have the right to vote
Vietnam war amendment
26
27 amendment
Congressional pay change