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Amendments to the Constitution
All the Amendments to the Constitution. -
Bill of Rights
The forst ten amendments outlined the basic human rights that the government could not take away. -
11th Amendment
Makes states immune to lawsuits by non-residents. -
12th Amendment
Revises Presidential election procedures. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery. -
14th Amendment
Defines citizenship and deals with post Civil war issues. -
15th Amendment
Gives all races equal voting rights. -
16th Amendment
Established Income tax. -
17th Amendment
Established the direct election of Senators by popular vote. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited Alcohol. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
20th Amendment
Changed the dates for the terms of the Vice President and Senators and Representatives. -
21st Amendment
Repeals the 18th Amendment -
22nd Amendment
Limits the times a person can be elected president to two. -
23rd Amendment
Gave Washington D.C. votes in the electoral college. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the poll tax. -
25th Amendment
Says what to do if the Vice President dies, and responds to presidential disabilities. -
26th Amendment
Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age -
27th Amendment
Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.
