 11th Amendment

o Prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states

 12th Amendment
o Electoral college casts separate ballots for the President and the Vice President
 13th Amendment
o Abolished Slavery
 14th Amendment
o Equal Citizenship
o Natural-born citizens
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15 Amendment
o Prohibited federal and state governments from denying individuals the right to vote
based on color/race/prior servitude
 16th Amendment
o Created the income tax
 17th Amendment
o Establishes the direct election of senators
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18 Amendment
o Banned alcohol and began prohibition
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19 Amendment
o Women’s suffrage – gave women the right to vote
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20 Amendment
o Changed condition of presidential and congressional terms and of presidential
succession
o Set terms to begin in January
o Dealt with how succession works if the President-Elect dies
o “Lame duck amendment”
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21 Amendment
o Repealed the 18th amendment and ended prohibition
 22nd Amendment
o The president could not serve more than two terms
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23 Amendment
o Gives presidential electors to the District of Columbia
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24 Amendment
o Prohibits federal and state governments from requiring payment of a poll tax
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25 Amendment
o Affirms conditions of presidential succession – Vice President takes over
o Allows temporary removal of a president (major surgery, etc.)
o Allows the replacement of a vice president
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26 Amendment
o Changed voting age to 18 and older
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27 Amendment
o Limits congressional pay raises