Amendments to the U.S. Constitution (11-27) Guided Notes

11th Amendment – 1795

  • amendment created after the original ten ()
  • Came after the decision in the court case
  • Immunity of states from lawsuits by citizens & foreigners not living within the .
  • You cannot sue another state without their consent

12th Amendment – 1804

  • Changed how Presidents
  • Prior to the twelfth amendment Presidents and Vice Presidents were voted for , which could and did result in President’s and Vice President's being from

Parties.

  • Ensured that the president and vice president were voted on from the other, making sure both positions went to candidates from the same party

13th Amendment – 1865

  • Came after the end of the
  • Abolished ( ) Slavery
  • Allows congress to create proper legislation to enforce the abolishment of slavery
  • Considered the first of three

14th Amendment – 1868

  • Proposed in response to issues related to former slaves
  • Citizenship is given to born in the United States.
  • protection under the law
  • Eliminated Compromise
  • Second of Three reconstruction amendments

15th Amendment – 1870

  • The government cannot the right to vote to citizens based on , , or servitude.
  • Proposed by
  • Would not be fully imposed until the .
  • Third of three reconstruction amendments

16th Amendment – 1913

  • Gave the federal government the right to an
  • An income tax was authorized in 1894 and then found . In response to the verdict given by the Supreme Court, Congress created this amendment
  • Required by those whohave earned any throughout the previousyear
  • Taxes are due on each year

17th Amendment – 1913

  • Direct of Senators
  • People in the would the Senators instead of them being appointed by the state legislatures like they had originally been under the original text in the Constitution
  • Considered a progressive amendment
  • The Framers to the Constitution originally wanted state legislatures to elect senators so that state governments could play a role in the federal government.
  • This hadled to many corrupt senators being chosen to represent states in the U.S. Congress

18th Amendment – 1919

  • Came to be based on the Progressive Era and because many states in the U.S. had already enacted statewide prohibition
  • – no, , or alcohol. Though consuming or private possession was not mentioned
  • considered a progressive amendment
  • Due to this amendment the increased significantly.

19th Amendment – 1920

  • The government cannot deny the based on
  • Originally drafted in 1878and was sought to be included in the reconstruction amendments
  • Created in response to
  • In 1922 the Lesser v. Garnett Supreme Court case, the 19th amendment was
  • Considered a

24th Amendment – 1964

Poll taxes are

Poll taxes started appearing after the Reconstruction Amendments to certain groups of people from

26th Amendment – 1971

 state or the federal government from setting a voting age higher than

18 years old can vote!

Created in response to against the Vietnam War

Amendments – 12th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, & 25th - Presidential Amendments

20th Amendment – 1933

Moved the Presidential inauguration from to

Moved the terms of Congress from March 4 to January 3

It also stated what to do when there is no

22nd Amendment – 1951

Presidents can only be elected to terms of office.

A two term was set by George Washington and was followed until Franklin Roosevelt

After Roosevelt’s fourth term ended in 1944 support started gathering for an amendment that would the President’s term

23rd Amendment – 1961

Washington, D.C. is given votes in the

Washington, D.C. is able to for the

The first presidential election in which it was in effect was

25th Amendment – 1967

Establishes to the Presidency and what to do with the vacancy of the Vice President

If the President dies, the takes over.

Article II in the Constitution does not specifically state whether the Vice President becomes President

Then he/she gets to a new Vice President.

Majority of have to confirm the selection

Amendments – 16th, 17th, & 18th- Progressive Amendments – Purification of the government and eliminating corruption from the government

21st Amendment – 1933

 the 18th Amendment

 amendment to repeal a amendment

 alcohol

27th Amendment – 1992

No law can or the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next term

Congress can give itself a, but it won’t take effect until a new Congress starts.

New one every years.