Unit 4 - 16th-27th Amendments

16th-27th Amendments

16th and 17th Amendments

• 16th Amendment - Congress has the right to tax people's income

• 17th Amendment - Each state's 2 senators will be elected directly by the people and not the state legislatures

Multiple Choice

What is taxed by the 16th Amendment?

• The cost of your house and land

• The money you make when you sell your car

• The income you make at your job

• The money you get when a family member passes away

Multiple Choice

Who decides who will be a senator from your state after the 17th Amendment?

• The voters of that state

• That state's legislature

• The governor of the state picks the senators

• The courts of the state decide who is to be senator

18th and 19th Amendments

• 18th Amendment - Makes the drinking, sale and production of alcohol illegal (prohibition)

• 19th Amendment - Gives women the right to vote (suffrage)

Multiple Choice

The 18th Amendment bans what substance?

• Marijuana

• Cocaine

• Soda Pop

• Alcohol

Multiple Choice

Who is allowed to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment?

• Just White Women

• All Women

• Just Women of Color

• Just Women who owned land and paid taxes

20th and 21st Amendments

• 20th Amendment - Lame duck period reduced from March to January after election

• 21st Amendment - End of prohibition and people can drink and produce alcohol again

Multiple Choice

How many months was the Lame Duck period and what is it today?

• 5 months and 3 months

• 3 months and 5 months

• 6 months and 3 months

• There is no change

Multiple Choice

The 21st Amendment cancels out what other amendment?

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

22nd and 23rd Amendments

• 22nd Amendment - You can only serve two full terms as president

• 23rd Amendment - The citizens of Washington D.C. get three electoral votes in presidential elections

Multiple Choice

How many terms can a president be elected to today?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• Unlimited

Multiple Choice

The people of what city are allowed to vote for president and they get 3 electoral votes?

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Washington D.C.

• Boston

24th Amendment

• You cannot charge a poll tax to people who are voting

Multiple Choice

A pole tax is a tax you pay when you go to vote and it is illegal today to charge people to vote.

• True

• False

25th Amendment

• Vice-president will be president if president is removed from office

• The new president picks a vice-president and must be approved by Congress with a majority vote

• President must give a letter to President pro tempore and Speaker of the House if he cannot perform the duties as president

• The vice-president and cabinet can decide if the president cannot perform his job and remove him

• 2/3 of Congress must approve the removal for the vice-president to take the presidency

Multiple Choice

The 25th Amendment was created to make sure that the U.S. will always have someone in the presidency who can run the country.

• True

• False

26th and 27th Amendments

• 26th Amendment - Voting age is reduced from 21 to 18

• 27th Amendment - Pay raises for Congress does not go into effect until after the next election

Multiple Choice

What is the earliest age you can vote for president?

• 16

• 18

• 21

• Any age

Multiple Choice

Congress can give itself a pay raise and it can go into effect before the next election.

• True

• False