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The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments were part of the Constitution as it was originally implimented at the start of our nation. The topic of these Amendments rages from individual freedoms to the rights of the states. -
The Eleventh Amendment
This amendment created rules for any lawsuits filed against a state by an individual from another state or forign countries. -
The Twelth Amendment
This addition to the Constitution stated that the President and Vice President will share a ticket in their election. This was to keep from having a President and Vice President from different parties and from a vicepresident from being able to claim the Presidency. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This was the amendment that abolished slavery in the entire United States. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
After the end of Slavery, minorities were discriminated and occationally denied their natural rights. This amendment made it illegal for states to deprive any citizen of life, liberty or property without due process. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
This Amendment stated that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based of race, color, or previous state of servitute. -
The Sixteenth Amendment
This allowed congress to levy an income tax without appropriating it among the states. -
The Seventeenth Amendment
This amendment gave citizen the right to directly vote for senators. -
The Eighteenth Amendment
this is the amendment that began the Prohibition Era. It prohibits the production, sale, transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Did not take effect for a year after ratification. -
The Nineteenth Amendment
This gave women of all races the right to vote, which had previously been denied for them. -
The Twentieth Amendment
This addition changed the inaguration of the President and Vice President from april to January. -
The Twenty-First Amendment
This repealed the 18th amendment, prohibition. The 21st Amendment was the first amendment to ever overturn another. -
The Twenty-Second Amendment
This was to limit the president to two terms in office. -
The Twenty-Third Amendment
The citizens of the District of Columbia were granted the right to vote for President and Vice President by this amendment. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
This was enacted to abolish any and all poll taxes. -
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment
The 25 Amendment was put in place to create a presidential sucsession in case the President were to die during his term. -
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
This stated that the government could not make the voting age any higher than 18. -
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment
This alows congress to vote themselves a payraise. It also states that the raise will not take effect untill the next congression meeting.
