Articles 11-27 Flashcards
(1798) Recognized the doctrine of sovereign immunity for states
11th Amendment
(1804) Electors would specifically select president and vice president.
12th Amendment
(1865) Prohibited involuntary servitude.
13th Amendment
a.) Persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens.
b.) No state shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S. c.) No state shall deny life, liberty, or property without due process. d.) No state shall deny the equal protection of the laws. e.) The validity of the public debt of the U.S. shall not be questioned.
14th Amendment
(1870) Right to vote shall not be abridged based on race.
15th Amendment
(1913) Authorizes federal income taxes.
16th Amendment
(1913) Popular-election of U.S. Senators.
17th Amendment
(1919) Prohibition of “intoxicating liquors.”
18th Amendment
(1920) Right to vote shall not be abridged based on sex.
19th Amendment
Terms of president/vice president will end at noon on January 20th
20th Amendment
Repealed the 18th Amendment. (Allowed “intoxicating liquors”)
21st Amendment
Two-term limit on the chief executive.
22nd Amendment
Created three electoral votes for the District of Columbia.
23rd Amendment
Right to vote shall not be abridged for failure to pay poll tax.
24th Amendment
Presidential succession
25th Amendment