20th Century Amendments

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• 20th Century Amendments
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• Amendment 16 ____________________ Tax (1913)
•  
• gave Congress the power to ____________an income
  tax.
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• Amendment 17 Election of Senators (1913)
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• Changed the election of senators, from the
  ____________ legislatures,
• to _______________election by the people of the
  state they represent.
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• Gave governors the power to _________________senat
  ors, when there is
• a vacancy mid-term.

Income
levy
state
direct
appoint
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• Amendment 18 Prohibition of _____________________
  ______(1919)
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• Banned the manufacturing, sale, or transportation
  of
• _________________________liquors within the
  United States
•  
• Also banned the importation and exportation of
  liquor to or from the
• United States
•  
• Is the only amendment ever to be
  ________________________.
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• Amendment 19 Womens Right to Vote (1920)
• Gave women the right to vote in both
  ___________________and ________________________
  elections.

Alcohol
intoxicating
repealed
federal
state
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• Amendment 20 Lame ___________________Amendment
•  
• Deals with lame ducks presidents and members
  of Congress waiting
• to leave office after elections have been held
  or they have announced
• their _____________________.
•  
• This amendment _______________________ the
  waiting time between
• elections and when people took office.
•  
• Congress now begins meeting at noon on the 3rd
  day
• of___________________________.
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• The President and Vice President take office on
  January ________.
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• If a President-elect dies before his term begins
  the Vice-President-elect
• becomes the President

Duck
retirement
shortened
January
20th
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• Amendment 21 Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
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• Repealed the ________amendment and the ban on
  alcohol in the United
• States.
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• Amendment 22 Limit on the Number of
  Presidential Terms (1951)
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• Limits the number of full terms a president can
  serve to_________.
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• If a Vice-President becomes president with
  ___________than two years
• remaining in that term, they may run for two
  more full terms.
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• If a Vice-President becomes president with
  ____________than two years
• remaining in that term, they may run for only
  one more term.

18th
2
less
more
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• Amendment 23 Electors for the District of
  Columbia (1963)
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• Allowed the District of Columbia to participate
  in electing the
• _______________________.
•  
• gave the District of Columbia the same number of
  electors in the electoral
• college as the ________________populous state.
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• Amendment 24 ___________________Taxes (1964)
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• Prohibited states from requiring citizens to pay
  to vote in federal elections.
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• Amendment 25 Presidential Disability and
  Succession (1967)
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• If for any reason the President declares himself
  or herself unable to
• perform his or her duties, then the
  Vice-President becomes acting President.
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• When the president feels that they can
  __________________their duties
• and the Vice President and a majority of
  Congress approves they may

president
least
Poll
resume
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• Amendment 26 Voting Rights for 18 year olds
  (1971)
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• Lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
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• Amendment 27 Restraint on Congressional Salaries
  (1992)
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• This amendment was originally proposed in 1789 as
  part of the Bill of
• Rights. It was not ratified until______________
  .
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• Any pay increase for Congress would not take
  affect until
• the next Congressional session.

1992