Just the Amendments 11-27

The right to vote cannot be denied on account of sex (this gave women the right to vote).

• 15th

• 19th

• 23rd

• 26th

Qualified citizens eighteen years or older may vote.

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

• 26th

Members of the Electoral College, called electors, will vote for one person as president and for another as vice-president.

• 11th

• 12th

• 22nd

• 23rd

Citizens of the District of Columbia can vote.

• 20th

• 21st

• 22nd

• 23rd

Congress must meet at least once every year, with the meeting beginning on January 3. The term of the president and vice-president end on January 20. (Terms previously had ended in March.)

• 20th

• 19th

• 22nd

• 23rd

All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they live. This made former slaves citizens. No state can take away rights of citizens of the United States. No state can take away a person’s life, liberty, or property without due process of law. All persons are given equal protection of the law.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 27th

Slavery is abolished in the United States.

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 11th

The two United States Senators from each state are to be elected by the people of the state.

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

A citizen of one state cannot sue another state in federal court.

• 10th

• 11th

• 12th

• 27th

A pay raise to members of Congress does not take effect until after the next election for the House of Representatives.

• 10th

• 11th

• 21st

• 27th