Amendments 11-27

Amendment 11

• citizens cannot sue state in Federal Court without state's consent
• 1 state v 1 state in court
• passed 3.4.1794
• ratified in NC 2.7.1795
• Took 340 days

Amendment 12

• 1 ballot elected the President
• Electors cast two votes on separate ballots
• went from 1 to 2 ballots

Amendment 13

• It outlaws Slavery
• Passed 1.31.1865
• Ratified 12.6.1865

Amendment 14

• All former slaves are citizens; all citizens have equal protection under law
• Passed on 6.13.1866
• Ratified 7.9.1868

Amendment 15

• all former (male) slaves can vote
• passed on 2.26.1869
• you cannot keep people from voting based upon their race

Amendment 16

• congress can tax income
• overturned an 1895 supreme court decision that declared income taxes " unconstitutional

Amendment 17

• passed 5.13.1912
• ratified 4.8.1913
• Citizens elect 2 Senators from each state

Amendment 18

• Making, selling or transporting alcohol is illegal ; repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933
• when you are 18 you are legal you can vote you are an adult you have responsibilities

Amendment 19

• extended women suffrage
• suffrage( right to vote) to all women
• you cannot keep people from voting based upon their gender

Amendment 20

• changes when a president begins his/her new term from march 4th to january 20th in order to reduce the " Lame Duck"

Amendment 21

• repealed the 18th prohibition
• the states decide the drinking age
• 21 until 1970s after 1983 age rose from 18 to 21

Amendment 22

• NO U.S. president may be elected to serve more than 2 terms

Amendment 23

• D.C. is not a state, which means it wasn't originally worth any electoral votes
• it is now worth no fewer than 3

Amendment 24

• outlaws poll taxes in Federal election
• had been used to keep blacks from voting in the south

Amendment 25

• covers temporary/ permanent succession by vice president if president dies, is ill, or out of commission for a short time

Amendment 26

• drops voting age from 21 to 18
• It was the fastest amendment to be ratified;
• created because of the vietnam war

Amendment 27

• any new pay raises by congress don't go into effect until after the next election
• took the longest to get ratified

By: Brianna H.