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Amendments 11-27

Amendments 11-27. Amending The Constitution!!. Article 5 states the Amendment Process. HOW TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. 2 /3 of both the House and the Senate must approve Amendments to the Constitution .

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Amendments 11-27

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  1. Amendments 11-27

  2. Amending The Constitution!! • Article 5 states the Amendment Process.

  3. HOW TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION 2/3 of both the House and the Senatemust approve Amendments to the Constitution. Once 3/4 of the States legislatures and/or States conventions ratify the Amendment it is Law.

  4. Amendments 11 and 12 • Amendment 11-a state cannot be sued in federal court for monetary payments • Amendment 12-rules for electing the president and vice president through the Electoral College

  5. 13th amendment • 1865 • The abolishment of slavery • Slavery is made illegal in the United States

  6. 14th amendment (Rights of the Citizens • 1868 • Every citizen of the United States is a citizen of the state in which he or she lives. No state may pass a law limiting the rights of citizens take away someone’s life to life, liberty and property unfairly • Every citizens must be treated equally under the law • Officially made former slaves citizens

  7. 15th Amendment (Voting Rights) • No person may be denied the right to vote b/c of race • Officially gave African American men the right to vote

  8. 16th amendment (Income Tax) • 1913 • Congress has the right to tax people’s incomes

  9. 17th amendment • 1913 • People can directly elect their senator of their state

  10. 18th amendment (Prohibition) • 1919 • Banned the transportation, sale and manufacture of alcohol in the USA

  11. Confiscated Whiskey and Beer

  12. Bootleggers fill flasks with smuggled Finnish alcohol

  13. A MAJOR EFFECT OF PROHIBITION WAS THE RISE OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS FORMED TO SATISFY THE DEMANDS OF AMERICANS WHO DECIDED THEY WANTED LIQUOR IN SPITE OF THE 18TH AMENDMENT AND VOLSTEAD ACT.

  14. Organized Crime • Crime Organizations such as the Italian Mafia took over bootlegging operations • Al Capone headed the most powerful Mafia based in Chicago • Capone had many of his competitors killed in gang wars

  15. Alphonse (Al) AKA “Scar face” Capone

  16. BILLY SUNDAY WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER WHO BECAME AN EVANGELIST CRUSADING FOR THE PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL IN AMERICA Watch America the Story of Us episode “Cities-part 8, 6:00-10”

  17. 19th amendment • 1920 • Gave all women the right to vote

  18. 20th amendment • 1933 • Terms of Office for Congress and the president • Describes the process between the election and when the president officially takes office • President/V. Pres should be sworn in by January 20th • If no candidate receive majority of electoral votes-Congress will decide

  19. 21st amendment • Repeal of Prohibition • Erases the 18th amendment-alcohol is back

  20. 22nd amendment • (1951) • President can only serve 2 consecutive terms of office

  21. 23rd amendment • (1961) • Gave people of Washington DC the right to vote for President and Vice President

  22. 24th amendment • 1964 • Got rid of poll tax for voting

  23. 25th amendment • 1967 • Sets up the order for replacing the president in case of death, sickness or disability

  24. 26th amendment (Voting Age) • 1971 • Gave 18 year olds the right to vote in all US elections

  25. 27th amendment • 1992 • Congressional salaries-any increase in congressional salaries must take place after the election

  26. Amendments proposed but never enough votes to approve • Christian Amendment, proposed first in February 1863 • would have added acknowledgment of the Christian God in the Preamble to the Constitution. • The last attempt in 1954 did not come to a vote.

  27. Death Penalty Abolition Amendment • was proposed in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1995 by Representative Henry Gonzálezto prohibit the imposition of death penalty"by any State, Territory, or other jurisdiction within the United States".

  28. Flag Desecration Amendment • was first proposed in 1968 to give Congress the power to make acts such as flag burning illegal. • During each term of Congress from 1995 to 2005, the proposed amendment was passed by the House of Representatives, however, never the Senate; coming closest during voting on June 27, 2006, with 66 in support and 34 opposed (one vote short).

  29. Human Life Amendment • first proposed in 1973, would overturn the Roe v. Wade court ruling-legality of abortion. • reached a formal floor vote, called the Hatch-Eagleton Amendment, was rejected by 18 votes in the Senate on June 28, 1983.

  30. A Balanced Budget Amendment, • in which Congress and the President are forced to balance the budget every year, has been introduced many times.

  31. School Prayer Amendment • proposed on April 9, 2003, to establish that "The people retain the right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including schools."

  32. The Federal Marriage Amendment • has been introduced in the United States Congress four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005/2006 and 2008 by multiple members of Congress (with support from then-President George W. Bush). • It would define marriage as only between a man-woman prohibit gay marriage, even at the state level.

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