Amendments Quiz 11-21

What is the 11th Amendment?

• Congress cannot accept a pay raise until the next term

• Repeal prohibition

• Income Tax

• Individuals living in one state cannot sue another state in Federal Court

What is the 12th Amendment?

• Abolished slavery

• Defines Citizenship

• President and Vice President are elected on one ticket--but elected separately in the Electoral College

• President can only serve 2 terms

What is the 13th Amendment?

• No cruel or unusual punishment

• Trial by jury

• Abolished Slavery

• Women get the right to vote

What is the 14th Amendment?

• Define Citizenship as persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

• Income Tax

• Women get the right to vote

• Prohibition

What is the 15th Amendment?

• Cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed: African American males right to vote

• Right to a speedy and public trial

• No unreasonable search or seizure

• Repeal prohibition

What is the 16th Amendment?

• No poll tax

• Prohibition

• Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, and Assembly

• Income Tax

What is the 17th Amendment?

• Washington D.C. receives 3 Electoral votes

• Income Tax

• Popular Election of Senators

• Rights of the Accused

What is the 18th Amendment?

• No Poll Tax

• Prohibition

• Abolished Slavery

• Right to a trial by jury

What is the 19th Amendment?

• Abolished Slavery

• Women's Suffrage

• President can serve only 2 terms

• 18 year olds get the right to vote

What is the 20th Amendment?

• No Poll Tax

• Right to bear arms

• Income Tax

• President takes office on January 20th, instead of March 4th