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History 10 th hour 9/21/18

History 10 th hour 9/21/18. Quiz Video Amendments 11-27. Amendments 11-27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJinj6uQmjc. 11 th Amendment. Limits suits against states People in different states or different countries can’t sue a state in federal court

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History 10 th hour 9/21/18

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  1. History 10th hour 9/21/18 Quiz Video Amendments 11-27

  2. Amendments 11-27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJinj6uQmjc

  3. 11th Amendment • Limits suits against states • People in different states or different countries can’t sue a state in federal court • A state government can only be sued by its own courts

  4. 12th Amendment • Electing President and Vice President • should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.

  5. 13th Amendment • Abolished Slavery • Except as a punishment for a crime Reconstruction Amendment

  6. 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

  7. 15th Amendment • African American men receive the right to vote • Not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PWgcHkHFeM Reconstruction Amendment

  8. Reconstruction Amendments • Reconstructing America after the war • Establish equality for African Americans

  9. 16th Amendment • Allows the government to collect an income tax from all Americans. • Income tax allows for the federal government to keep an army, build roads and bridges, enforce laws and carry out other important duties.

  10. 17th Amendment • People directly vote for Senators • The Senate of the US will be composed of two senators

  11. 18th Amendment • Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol • Only amendment to be repealed • Prohibition • Passed in 1917-Repealed in 1933

  12. 19th Amendment • Women receive the right to vote • Government cannot deny people the right to vote based on their gender • School house rock suffrage • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGHGDO_b_q0

  13. 20th Amendment • Term Limits • Sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end. • Term ends/begins at noon on January 20th for President and Vice President

  14. 21st Amendment • Repealed the 18th Amendment • Now legal to manufacture, sale, and consume alcohol • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJo5599KTI

  15. 22nd Amendment • President may only serve 2 terms • Can serve 10 years if served as President from being a VP

  16. 23rd Amendment •  Gives residents of Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College. Since DC is not a state, its residents were not allowed to vote for President as well as elected voting representative to Congress.

  17. 24th Amendment • Can not keep citizens from voting by using taxes (poll tax) • Used to have to pay a tax to vote but not anymore

  18. 25th Amendment • If President dies or leaves office the Vice President becomes President • The new President (old VP) nominates the new Vice President…then it goets voted on by the houses of congress.

  19. 26th Amendment • Lowered the voting age to 18 • If you are 18 you cant be told “you cant vote” because of your age • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD14okrChfo

  20. 27th Amendment • When Congress votes to increase salaries, it will start at the beginning of the next term • Congress can’t give itself a pay raise, it goes to the next Congress

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