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The XI Amendments states that the United States courts can not hear nor make any haste decisions against a state if the state is sued by a citizen who lives in a near by state or in a different country.
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The event that led to the XII Amendment was the election of 1796 and the election of 1800. In the election of 1796 the President and the Vice President belonged to different parties, and the election of 1800 both the Vice President and the President received the exact same amount of electoral votes.
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The XII Amendment says that votes for the President and the Vice President have two have two separate and distinct voting ballets.
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The event that led to the XIII, XIV XV Amendment was The American civil war between the Northern states which where loyal to the Union and the Southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.
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The XIII Amendment lays out that slavery will be abolished in all states and territories, with the exception of punishments for crimes convicted by the person.
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The Civil war between the Northern Union and the Confederate South resulted in the creation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment . Those amendments were crucial in for implementing former slaves.
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The XIV Amendment states out that the Federal Government finally has a definition for citizenship. Before this Amendment the states determined citizenship. This Amendment also guaranteed citizenship to all who are born on U.S soil or naturalized and did away with the 3/5 clause and all male citizens twenty-one or older has the right to vote.
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The 15th Amendment says that no state can deny the right ro vote based on ethnicity or status of being a former slave.
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The 16th Amendment states that the Federal Government has the authority to create an income tax on its citizens.
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The Progressive Era Amendments were created when times were changing because of society were growing more towards industrialization and social justice like Prohibition, meat inspection act, and the women's suffrage movement.
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The 17th Amendment change the process of electing senators from being elected from state officials to directly from the people.
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The 23rd amendment granted the citizens of Washington D.C the right to vote. They also get electoral votes equal to the least populated state.
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The 18th Amendment banned the the movement of alcohol and the sale of alcohol, but consumption wasn't illegal.
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The 19th Amendment ensures the right to vote to women, by saying that federal nor state government can deny them the right to vote based on sex.
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The 20th Amendment or the lame duck amendment change the presidential inauguration from March to January. This ensures that the vice President can acts as President if the President dies before the elect Presidential inauguration.
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The 21st amendment got rid of the 18th ending Prohibition because there was increase in crime, also congress admitted that they were in the wrong too.
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The 22nd amendment implements term limits for the President, limit ting them to two full terms or ten years. The reason behind this amendment was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who served four terms. The majority of people believed that he had too much power, so they had to prevent this from ever happening ever again.
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The 24th amendment got rid of poll taxes to allow more people to vote. This was created to combat the Jim Crow laws and end racism and segregation in the southern states who had Jim Crow laws.
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The 25th amendment clarifies what happens when a President is removed from office. This amendment also establishes a line of succession to the President.
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The 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 instead of 21 for all US citizens. This amendment was in response to the kickback of the Vietnam war. Young men were old enough to die for their country, but to young to participate in political discourse.
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The 27th amendment prevent political officials like congress from increasing their pay until the next session of congress. This amendment was to send a message that congress can't award nor chasten certain members.
