Historical Amendments in the U.S. Constitution

1. Amendments 11 - 27

2. Amendment Eleven • Specifies cases that are not to be tried in the federal court system.

3. Amendment Twelve • Revises the presidential election process • Electors vote separately for president and vice president. • If there is no clear winner the House of Representatives will elect the President and the Vice President will be elected by the Senate.

4. Choice of Assignment Court Case Cartoon Create a cartoon involving one of the cases in the back of your book. Include the name of the case as a title The Cartoon should reflect the facts and result of the case. You can make it one frame or several cells • From your book choose a court case that involved one of the Bill of Rights amendments. • On a separate sheet of paper write: • Name and year of the case • The basis (amendment) for the case • The facts • The result

5. Amendment 13 • Abolished Slavery • First of the Civil War or Civil Rights Amendments

6. Amendment 14 • Citizenship defined • Granted citizenship to ALL persons born or naturalized in the United States • States can’t make laws that abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of U.S. • Equal protection of the laws • No more 3/5 when counting representation

7. Amendment 15 • Right for all male citizens to vote • Regardless of race, color or previous servitude.

8. Amendment 16 • The amendment authorized an income tax (Direct tax)

9. Amendment 17 • Direct election of senators • Until this amendment state legislators appointed senators. • If there is a sudden vacancy the state’s governor appoints replacement to serve the term unless the State decides to fill the vacancy by special election

10. Amendment 18 • Prohibited the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol. • Volstead Act defined alcohol as ½ of 1%

11. Amendment 19 • Women’s right to vote in national elections • Many States already allowed women to vote in State elections

12. Amendment 20 • “Lame Duck” Amendment • New date for term: January 20 Inauguration day • Congress session starts January 3rd following election • If the President-elect dies before taking the oath the Vice President-elect becomes President

13. Amendment 21 • Repealed the 18th Amendment • Only amendment to ever repeal another amendment

14. Amendment 22 • Limits president to two (2) elected terms or 10-years • George Washington set the precedent for 2 four year terms. • Everyone followed the precedent until Franklin D. Roosevelt.

15. Amendment 23 • Washington D.C. receives three (3) electoral votes • Was given the same number as the least populated State • Does not have a seat in either the Senate or House of Representatives

16. Amendment 24 • Prohibits Poll Tax as a requirement for voting

17. Twenty-Fifth Amendment • If the office of President is vacated the Vice President will take that office • The new President will nominate a Vice President to be approved by a majority vote of both the House and Senate • President must notify the President pro tempore and the Speaker of the House if they will be incapacitated and again when he is able to resume his duties

18. Presidential Succession Act of 1947 • Vice President • Speaker of the House • President Pro Tempore of Senate • Secretary of State • Secretary of Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Other cabinet positions in the order they were created

19. Twenty-Sixth Amendment • Lowers national voting age to 18 • Passed during Vietnam War • States may have a lower voting age for State elections

20. Twenty-Seventh Amendment • Any law that changes Congressional salaries, may not take effect until the next regular congressional election