Amendments 11-27

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Amendments 11-27

• Chapter 4 Section 3

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Amendments Video
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11th Amendment

• Limits suits against states
• People in different states or foreign countries
  cant sue a state in federal court

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12th Amendment

• 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 Reps decides President
• Senate decides Vice President

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13th Amendment

• Abolished Slavery
• Reconstruction Amendment

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14th Amendment

• Defines citizenship
• Anyone born or naturalized in the US (regardless
  of race, religion, etc) is a citizen and has
  rights
• No state can deny citizenship
• Reconstruction Amendment

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15th Amendment

• African Americans receive the right to vote
• Reconstruction Amendment

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16th Amendment

• Congress can collect income taxes

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17th Amendment

• People directly vote for Senators
• Prior to this people only votes for
  Representatives in House of Reps not Senators as
  well

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18th Amendment

• Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or consumption
  of alcohol

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19th Amendment

• Women receive the right to vote

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20th Amendment

• Term Limits
• 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

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21st Amendment

• Repealed the 18th Amendment
• Now legal to manufacture, sale, and consume
  alcohol

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22nd Amendment

• Term Limits
• President may only serve 2 terms
• Can serve 10 years if served as President from
  being a VP

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23rd Amendment

• Washington DC gets the right to vote

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24th Amendment

• Can not keep citizens from voting by using taxes
  (poll tax)

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25th Amendment

• If President dies or leaves office the Vice
  President becomes President
• The new President (old VP) picks the new Vice
  President

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26th Amendment

• Lowered the voting age to 18

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27th Amendment

• When Congress votes to increase salaries, it will
  start at the beginning of the next term