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Someone from one state cannot sue the government of another state.
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Changed the process of electing the president. Voters would vote for the vice president and the president in two separate ballots.
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A war fought between the north and south America. (Caused the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments.)
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Abolished the act of slavery, but forced labor was still a valid punishment.
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Granted citizenship to those born in the united states.
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Allowed all US. citizens, regardless of race, to vote. (Except women though, that came later.)
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allowed the government to collect taxes from whatever source without splitting it among the states.
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Allowed for people to vote for senators instead of state legislature.
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Prohibited the sale of any alcoholic beverages.
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The public were very upset about the prohibition movement. People were rioting over it.
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A movement, led mainly by women, that advocated against the consumption of alcohol.
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Gave women the right to vote.
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Decides who will be the president's successor when they die.
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Repealed the eighteenth amendment officially.
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Prevented US presidents from being elected more than twice.
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Allowed the citizens of Washington D.C. to vote for representatives in the electoral college.
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Prevented southern states from forcing voters to loose their right to vote or pay a ridiculously high tax.
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States that when the president can't do his job, the vice president will take his place.
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Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
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Prevents congress' salary from being raised or lowered until the start of the next representatives' term. (This amendment was actually proposed when the constitution was first being made. It didn't get ratified for 200 years, which I found interesting.)
