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According to study.com, "The 11th Amendment to the US Constitution says that US courts cannot hear cases and make decisions against a state if it is sued by a citizen who lives in another state or a person who lives in another country."
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These elections showed the nation that the election system had some weaknesses. The election of 1800 was the primary reason for the 12th amendment.
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VP and President are on different ballots. A VP must also fit the same requirements as the president.
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During the early 1800's many religious groups started temperance movements. This lead to the 18th and 21st amendments.
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The emancipation proclamation lead to the 13th Amendment. It freed slaves in southern non-border states. This meant there was still a great number of enslaved African Americans. Many people did not like that slavery still existed so the 13th Amendment was passed.
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Southern reconstruction led to a lot of discrimination against former slaves and African Americans in general. Examples of these include voting laws such as black codes. Congress saw issues with this and ratified the 15th Amendment.
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The 13th Amendment was the amendment that banned slavery in all US states and territories. This was the first post civil war amendment.
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Declared all male's born in the US would be granted citizenship. It had no mention of race or color. This led to the 14th Amendment
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This amendment outlined citizenship, this was mostly for granting citizenship to former slaves.
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Well, after the 15th was in place racists found ways around this. Congress again saw problems with this because people were being stopped from performing their civil duty and later ratified the 24th amendment to ban poll taxes.
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Said nobody can deny a US citizen the right to vote based on his or her sex, race, or status of being a former slave.
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During this time period people wanted more government involvement. This lead to the 16th Amendment.
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Stated federal gov. has the right to impose income taxes.
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Senate consists of two senators from every state, these officials are in office for 6 years at a time.
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This amendment prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of liquor in the US one year after the Amendment was passed.
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The main reason to push inauguration day back was to stop the lame duck session. Previously the official start date was March 4th. During 1923 a US senator named George Norris outlined the initial document which would later become the 20th Amendment.
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No one can be denied the right to vote due to their sex. Congress has the privilege to pass any legislation to make this happen.
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Set inauguration day to January instead of March. Also stated that if President dies, VP acts as Pres.
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This Amendment repealed the 18th amendment which prohibited the distribution of alcohol.
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Before the 23rd amendment was adopted the residents of DC were not able to vote. Eventually a man was fed up with this, his name Theodore W. Noyes. He fought to give the district of Columbia voting rights. Mostly it was the growing population that led to the adoption of the amendment.
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Set Presidential term limits to 2 terms.
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The Vietnam war caused much destruction and turmoil during its time. Many kids were being drafted to fight, and many died years before they reached voting age. This is what led to the adoption of the 26th Amendment in 1971.
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Said citizens of DC can vote. Set DC as the capitol of the US.
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This Amendment abolished all poll taxes.
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Explained what will happen if a president is removed from office.
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Gave people who were 18 and older the right to vote and gave congress the right to pass any legislation in order to make this happen.
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Congress cannot increase their wages between congressional sessions.
