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In this court case, Chisholm wanted to sue the state of Georgia. Georgia said since it had to go through them they turned it down. The supreme court stepped in and said this wasn't right, leading to the creation of the eleventh amendment
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This amendment states that if a state is being sued, they cannot be the ones to hear the case
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These elections had the law that whoever received the most votes would be president, and whoever received the second most votes would become vice president. This was changed because of the conflict of interests by the people running
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This amendment states that each elector must cast a distinct vote for president and vice president.
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This movement called to give women the right to vote. It eventually gained enough traction that an amendment was proposed and passed, giving women the right to vote.
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Towards the end of the civil war made president Lincoln realize that after his emancipation proclamation he had to follow it up with an amendment solidifying the freedom of slaves, or people who were slaves
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This is the amendment that abolished slavery.
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Gave citizenship to recently freed slaves, and anyone born in the U.S. It also created a way for immigrants to become U.S citizens
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The right to vote cannot be denied by race, color, or things you've done.
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The anti saloon league was a major group that was against the consumption of alcohol. They managed to get a strong foot hold in american politics and were a major part of the passing of the 18th amendment.
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In this court case Pollock sued this company for the tax act of 1894. This case is what made the 16th amendment to fix this problem
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This amendment allows congress to tax it's citizen's income
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This amendment allowed citizens to vote for their senators, rather than the state legislature voting for senators.
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During the time of prohibition alcohol related incidents increased majorly, and it gave organized crime a way to keep them afloat. Since all this happened they decided to repeal the 18th amendment with the 21st amendment.
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This amendment made the production and sale of all liquor illegal, but it was still legal to have and drink alcohol.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote.
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Changed the date that governmental terms end, also changed the day the recently elected as well.
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This amendment repealed the 18th amendment.
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This amendment limits the amount of terms that a president can serve to two terms
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The draft for this war let them draft 18 year old people into the military. People felt that if people were old enough to fight for their country they should be able to vote in their country.
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This amendment allows people living in the District of Columbia to vote for electors for the president. The amount of electors they receive is equivalent to that of the least populated state.
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JFK's assassination led to the creation of the 25th amendment. This led to that because it left a vacancy in the presidency and there was no law or amendment that prepared for this.
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This amendment makes poll taxes illegal, as well as or other taxes that would restrict a voters freedom.
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This amendment states that if the president is unable to carry out his duties, their vice president will take over the role of president.
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Once this amendment was passed it lowered the voting age from eighteen to twenty one.
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This twenty year old college student found something interesting, a story of a lost amendment. He wrote a paper on it and gave it to his professor and received a C grade on it. Out of spite he started try to get national support to make this a true amendment and eventually he did. In 1983 a Maine senator finally proposed it and it was ratified
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This amendment states that if congress votes to increase their salary the pay increase will take place after the next term begins.
