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Amendments 11-27

11th Amendment

Proposed by Congress March 4, 1794

Ratified February 7, 1795

Repealed part of Article 3, Section 2, Clause 1

Limits suits against states

People in different states, the same state,

or foreign countries can’t sue a state in

federal court

12th Amendment

Proposed by Congress December 9, 1803

Ratified June 15, 1804

Replaced Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3

Procedure for electing President and Vice President

Electors meet in their state capitals to vote on different

ballots for President and Vice President

If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes

Congress decides the winner

House of Representatives decides the President

Senate decides the Vice President

The Vice President must meet the same qualifications as the

president.

13th Amendment

Proposed by Congress January 31, 1865

Ratified December 6, 1865

Abolished Slavery in the United States and any

area under its control.

A Reconstruction Amendment

14th Amendment Proposed by Congress June 13, 1866

Ratified July 9, 1868

Defines citizenship

Anyone born on US soil is a citizen and has rights

Does not apply to Indians

Immigrants can be naturalized and receive the same rights as anyone

born on US soil

No state can deny any right to a citizen

All people in the U S are counted during a census

Representation in the House could be reduced if a state did not allow all

men 21 and over to vote.

Allows Congress to refuse to pay war debts of the Confederacy

Allows refusal to pay former slave owners for their loss due to Emancipation

Reconstruction Amendment

15th Amendment

Proposed by Congress February 26, 1869


Forbids states from discrimination in voting

By race, color, or previous condition of

servitude

Reconstruction Amendment

16th Amendment

Proposed by Congress July 12, 1909


Modified Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3


Congress can collect income taxes from citizens

Regardless of population of a state

17th Amendment

Proposed by Congress May 13, 1912

Ratified April 8, 1913

Repealed portions of Article 1, Section 3

Clauses 1 and 2

People directly vote for Senators as well as

Representatives

Governor calls a special election for vacancies

Can appoint a temporary until election is held

18th Amendment

Proposed by Congress December 18, 1917

Ratified January 16, 1919

Prohibits making, selling, and transporting

alcohol

19th Amendment

Proposed by Congress June 4, 1919

Ratified August 18, 1920

Voting cannot be denied based on sex

20th Amendment



Term ends/begins at noon on January 20th for

President and Vice President

Term ends/begins at noon on January 3rd for

Congressmen

Congress must meet on January 3rd

Creates a plan of succession

Allows Congress to further develop the plan of succession

21st Amendment

Proposed by Congress February 20, 1933

Ratified December 5, 1933

Repealed the 18th Amendment

States will regulate the manufacture,

sale, and transport of alcohol

The only Amendment ratified

by state conventions

22nd Amendment




Term Limits

President may only serve 2 terms (8 years)

Can serve 10 years if as a Vice-President they

took over the Presidency and served half a term

23rd Amendment

Proposed by Congress June 16, 1960

Ratified March 29, 1961

Citizens in Washington DC have the

right to vote

Provides three electors in the electoral

college

24th Amendment

Proposed by Congress August 27, 1962


Eliminates Poll Tax

State tax fee for voting privilege

25th Amendment Part 1

Proposed by Congress July 6, 1965


Revised Article 2, Section 1, Clause 6

President dies or leaves office

Vice President becomes President

President (old VP) picks the new Vice

President

Senate and House confirm Vice-

President’s appointment by majority vote

25th Amendment Part 2

President can’t discharge his duties

Written declaration to President pro-tempore and Speaker of

the House

Vice President acts as President until written notice

revoking action is received by President pro-tempore and

Speaker of the House

Vice President and executive officers can give written

notification of incapacity of the President to President pro-

tempore and Speaker of the House

President can contest in a written declaration that no

incapacity exists

House of Representatives and Senate by 2/3 vote decides

if President is incapacitated

26th Amendment


Ratified July 1, 1971

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

27th Amendment

Proposed by Congress September 25, 1789

Ratified May 7 1992


Congressional votes to increase salaries

Increases start at the beginning of the next term

following an election

January 3, of the following year

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