extending the bill of rights amendments xi - xxvii
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Amendment XIAmendment XI
• Limits the Limits the jurisdiction of jurisdiction of federal courtsfederal courts• Cannot try cases Cannot try cases
in which a state is in which a state is sued by citizens sued by citizens of another state of another state or a foreign or a foreign countrycountry
Amendment XIIAmendment XII• Deals with Deals with
presidential presidential electionselections• Requires Requires
presidential presidential electors to electors to cast cast separate ballotsseparate ballots for the president for the president and vice and vice presidentpresident
Amendment XIIIAmendment XIII• A Civil War A Civil War
amendment (1865)amendment (1865)• Abolished slaveryAbolished slavery
• Authorized Congress Authorized Congress to pass to pass legislation legislation enforcing this actenforcing this act
Amendment XIVAmendment XIV• Another Civil War Another Civil War
amendment (1868)amendment (1868)• Originally meant to Originally meant to
protect the rights of protect the rights of freed slavesfreed slaves
• Plays a significant Plays a significant role in many role in many civil civil rightsrights cases cases• All persons All persons born or born or
naturalizednaturalized in the in the U.S. are citizensU.S. are citizens
• States cannot States cannot deprive any person deprive any person of life, liberty, or of life, liberty, or property property without due without due processprocess
Amendment XIV• Also includes the Also includes the
equal protection equal protection clauseclause• Justice should be Justice should be
blindblind• Segregation is Segregation is
unacceptableunacceptable
Amendment XVAmendment XV• The last of the The last of the
Civil War Civil War amendments amendments (1870)(1870)
• No one shall be No one shall be denied the denied the right to vote right to vote because of racebecause of race• Literacy tests Literacy tests
and poll taxesand poll taxes worked againstworked against
• Women not Women not includedincluded
Amendment XVIAmendment XVI• Gave Congress Gave Congress
the power to the power to collect income collect income taxestaxes
Amendment XVIIAmendment XVII• Provides for the direct Provides for the direct
election of senators election of senators • Allows the Allows the peoplepeople to to
elect a pair of elect a pair of senatorssenators to represent to represent their statetheir state• Used to be chosen by Used to be chosen by
the state legislaturesthe state legislatures
• Gave the people a Gave the people a greater voicegreater voice• Bond (top)Bond (top)• McCaskill (below)McCaskill (below)
Amendment XVIIIAmendment XVIII• Also known asAlso known as
“Prohibition”“Prohibition”• Authorized Authorized
Congress to Congress to prohibit theprohibit the production, production, sale, or sale, or transportation transportation of alcoholof alcohol
Amendment XIXAmendment XIX• Women’s Women’s
suffragesuffrage• Guaranteed Guaranteed
women the right women the right to voteto vote
Amendment XXAmendment XX• Called the “Lame Called the “Lame
Duck” amendmentDuck” amendment• Outgoing officials Outgoing officials
lack influence and lack influence and don’t accomplish don’t accomplish muchmuch
• Congress begins Congress begins its new term on its new term on January 3January 3rdrd
• The president’s The president’s term begins on term begins on January 20January 20thth • Inauguration DayInauguration Day
Amendment XXIAmendment XXI• Repealed Repealed
Amendment Amendment XVIII XVIII (Prohibition)(Prohibition)• The only The only
amendment to amendment to overturnoverturn another another
Amendment XXIIAmendment XXII• Limits the Limits the
president to a president to a maximum of maximum of two elected two elected termsterms• Passed in Passed in
response to response to FDR’s four FDR’s four terms in officeterms in office (1933 – 1945)(1933 – 1945)
Amendment XXIIIAmendment XXIII• Allowed the Allowed the
citizens of citizens of Washington, Washington, D.C.D.C. to vote to vote for for president president and vice and vice presidentpresident• 3 electoral 3 electoral
votesvotes
Amendment XXIVAmendment XXIV• Prohibited the Prohibited the
use of use of poll taxes poll taxes in federal in federal electionselections• Poll taxes had Poll taxes had
been used to keep been used to keep poor minorities poor minorities from votingfrom voting
Amendment XXVAmendment XXV• Deals with Deals with
presidential presidential successionsuccession• If the president If the president
dies or can’t lead, dies or can’t lead, the the vice presidentvice president takes overtakes over
• He/she then He/she then nominates a new nominates a new vice president, vice president, which which must be must be approved by approved by CongressCongress
• Side noteSide note• The The Speaker of the Speaker of the
HouseHouse is next in is next in lineline
Amendment XXVIAmendment XXVI• Lowered the Lowered the
voting agevoting age in in federal & state federal & state elections elections from from 21 to 1821 to 18