11- 27 Amendment Padlet by Addison Washington

AMENDMENT 11 - Suits Against States

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The Eleventh Amendment does not allow federal courts to hear cases in which two different states or countries sue one another.

AMENDMENT 12 - Election of President and Vice President

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Amendment Twelve requires the electoral college to select both the Vice President and President and granting them their own ballet.

AMENDMENT 13 - Abolition of Slavery

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Amendment Thirteen discusses how slavery is illegal in all states, this means that slaves were granted freedom and were not identified as property.

AMENDMENT 14 - Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

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The Fourteenth Amendment granted anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country, equal civil rights.

AMENDMENT 15 - Right to Vote Not Denied by Race

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Amendment fifteen guarantees that voting is not determined by race or the color of an individuals skin.

AMENDMENT 16 - Income Tax

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Amendment Sixteen guaranteed Congress the ability to proclaim an income tax disregarding population being a factor.

AMENDMENT 17- Popular Election of Sentators

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The Seventeenth Amendment ensured that people were given the right to vote for senators rather than through the state legislature.

AMENDMENT 18 - Prohibition of Liqor

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Amendment Eighteenth prohibited the buying or selling of alcoholic drinks.

AMENDMENT 19 - Women's Right to Vote

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The Nineteenth Amendment grants voting rights that do not account for sex.

AMENDMENT 20 - Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

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The Twentieth Amendment states that if the president who is currently in office dies or is removed before their term is up, the vice president will take the presidential role and serve for the full four-year term.

AMENDMENT 21 - Repeal of Prohibition

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The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment meaning that alcohol can be manufactured, transported, and sold to the public again.

AMENDMENT 22 - Two - Term Limit on Presidency

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The Twenty-Second Amendment makes sure a president does not serve more than two terms or more than ten years.

AMENDMENT 23 - Presidental Vote for D.C.

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The Twenty-Third Amendment gives people who live in Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College.

AMENDMENT 24 - Abolition of Poll Taxes

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The Twenty-Fourth Amendment prohibits any poll tax or any other tax that involves voting in federal elections.

AMENDMENT 25 - Presidental Disability and Succession

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The Twenty-Fifth Amendment disucsses that if the president dies, gets ill, resigns or is not able to complete his or her duties, then the Vice President will carry out their role.

AMENDMENT 26 - Right to Vote at Age 18

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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment proclaims that citizens the age of 18 or older are guarenteed the right to vote.

AMENDMENT 27 - Congressional Compensation

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The Twenty-Seventh Amendment exemplfies how congressional salaries are to not be changed until after the House of Representatives election.