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11 th through 27 th Amendments

11 th through 27 th Amendments. Review/ Reteach. What were the Federalist Papers? Who were the authors? What was the purpose?. Authors of Federalist Papers. 9 th Amendment. Citizens have more rights than those listed

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11 th through 27 th Amendments

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  1. 11th through 27th Amendments

  2. Review/Reteach • What were the Federalist Papers? • Who were the authors? • What was the purpose?

  3. Authors of Federalist Papers

  4. 9th Amendment Citizens have more rights than those listed Federalist #84 warned against a Bill of Rights; what was the specific warning Review Federalist papers and view excerpts from Federalist 84

  5. 10th amendment • Rights not granted to the federal government or specifically denied to the states or granted to the states • Examples: Education?

  6. 11th Amendment (1795) • No lawsuits against the states • People from one state cannot sue another state in federal court. Ex. You, in Louisiana cannot sue the state of Mississippi

  7. 12th Amendment (1804) • Electoral college casts separate ballots for President and Vice President

  8. John Adams and Thomas Pickney Vs. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

  9. 12th Amendment cont. • Election 1796 John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson • Second highest electoral votes becomes Vice President John Adams, President Thomas Jefferson, Vice President

  10. Election of 1800 • John Adams and Charles Pinckney v. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr Resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr House of Representatives voted (each state having one vote)

  11. Jefferson and Burr tied

  12. After 35 separate ballots in the House of Representatives, it was still tied. • Alexander Hamilton, speaker of the house, urged states to choose Jefferson over Burr

  13. Civil War Amendments- • 13 Abolition of slavery • 14- Citizenship • 15- Right to vote (Suffrage)

  14. 13th Amendment (1865) • Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction • Abolition of slavery

  15. 13th Amendment cont • The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free all slaves (only slaves from states that were in rebellion), so in effect, in freed no slaves; served as a morale booster

  16. 14th Amendment (1868) • All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. • Citizenship, state due process, state equal protection, incorporation

  17. 14th Amendment cont • Defines citizenship for freed slaves • OverulledDred Scot v Sanford decision which said that blacks would never be citizens (1857) • Equal Protection clause • "no state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

  18. 14th Amendment cont • Incorporation- forced states to follow the Bill of Rights • Similarity with 5th amendment

  19. 14th Amendment case • Plessy v Ferguson (1896)- separate but equal is okay • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) – Overturned Plessy v Ferguson, by declaring that state laws that segregated students denied black children equal education.

  20. 15th Amendment (1870) • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. • Right to vote (suffrage) given to all men regardless of race

  21. ; • Progressivism is an umbrella label for a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms. • Examples: pure food, ending sweatshops, anti trust laws, better facilities for mentally handicapped

  22. 16th Amendment (1913) • The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. • Federal income tax

  23. Amendments 16-19 are considered the progressive amendments

  24. 16th Amendment

  25. 16th amendment • Allowed for income taxes—taxes paid on the money one earns

  26. Different types of taxes: Progressive (our income taxes)—the more money one makes, the greater percentage of in come Proportional—everyone pays same %; some argue that this would be better Regressive—Greater percentage of lower income

  27. 17th Amendment (1913) • Direct election to the United States Senate.

  28. 18th Amendment (1919) • 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. • Prohibition of Alcohol

  29. 19th Amendment (1920) • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. • Women are given the right to vote (finally)

  30. 20th Amendment (1933) • Lame Duck amendment— • Shortened time between when a president or representative is elected and when he takes office;

  31. 21st Amendment (1933) • The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. • Repeal the 18th Amendment

  32. 21st Amendment • Ratified using the state convention method

  33. 22nd Amendment (1951) • Term limits for President • Two four year terms • 10 year limit

  34. 22nd Amendment cont. • Franklin Roosevelt was elected president 4 times, served in office for 13 years

  35. 23rd Amendment (1961) • Washington, D.C. is represented in the Electoral College

  36. 24th Amendment (1964) • Prohibition of Poll Taxes

  37. 25th Amendment (1967) • Vacancy in VP, President appoints another

  38. The Vice President • Speaker of the House • President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Attorney General • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of Health • Secretary of Housing • Secretary of Transportation • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Education • Secretary of Veterans Affairs PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION act of 1947

  39. 25th Amendment cont • Presidential Succession • 1. VP becomes president if the president dies or resigns • 2. If VP office becomes vacant, President nominates another Vice President (needs a majority vote of both Houses of Congress) • 3. If president is temporarily unable to perform duties, VP is ACTING President.

  40. 26th Amendment (1971) • The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. • Lower voting age to 18

  41. 27th Amendment (1992) • Congress cannot vote itself a pay raise • (First proposed by Madison as part of the Bill of Rights) • Not ratified until 1992 • Congressional Pay raises do not go into effect until the next election

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