AMENDMENTS 11—27
AMENDMENT 11: Lawsuits Against States
1. What does the 11 amendment say about cases filed by private citizens against states?
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2. This is the only amendment to limit the _________________________________
AMENDMENT 12: Electing the President and Vice President
1. Before this amendment was passed, how were the President and Vice President chosen?
2. If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, who decides the winner of the election?
AMENDMENT 13: Slavery Abolished
1. What does this amendment prohibit?
2. After what conflict was this amendment passed? ________________________________
AMENDMENT 14: Civil Rights in the U.S.
1. List two ways in which one can become a citizen of the United States of America.
a.
b.
2. What are the three parts of Section 1?
a.
b.
c.
3. What happened to the 3/5 Compromise after this amendment was passed? Why?
AMENDMENT 15: The Right to Vote
1. Which specific group of people was this amendment directed towards? ________________________
2. What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
AMENDMENT 16: Income Tax
1. What power is given to the federal government under this amendment?
2. What governmental agency is in charge of overseeing this constitutional power of the government?
AMENDMENT 17: Election of Senators
1. What happens when there is a vacancy in the Senate?
AMENDMENT 18: Prohibition
1. This is the only amendment to be repealed. What is prohibition and how long did it last?
AMENDMENT 19: Women’s Right to Vote
1. What is suffrage? _________________________
AMENDMENT 20: Presidential and Congressional Terms
1. Why is this amendment referred to as the “Lame Duck” amendment?
2. According to Section 1, when do the new President and VP take office? Senators and House Reps?
3. Who chooses the President if neither candidate receives a majority of electoral votes? ___________
AMENDMENT 21: Repeal of Prohibition
AMENDMENT 22: Limit on Presidential Terms
1. What President has served the longest? How long?
2. How many full terms of office can a person serve as president of the United States? ____________
3. What is the maximum number of years one can be President? ____________
AMENDMENT 23: Electors for D.C.
1. How many electoral votes is Washington, D.C. entitled to?
AMENDMENT 24: Poll Taxes
1. What is a poll tax?
2. When were poll taxes made illegal? ______________
AMENDMENT 25: Presidential Disability and Succession
1. According to Section 2 of this amendment, how does a vacancy of the vice-presidency get filled?
2. What happens if a President refuses to acknowledge he is disabled and cannot carry out the
duties?
3. List a time where the President had to step down for duty and then came back later.
4. List the Presidential Succession (Top 5)
AMENDMENT 26: Voting Rights for 18-year-olds
AMENDMENT 27: Restraint on Congressional Salaries
1. Why do you think this Amendment was added?