Amendments 11-27

11th Amendment

11th Amendment

Established the residents from one state cannot sue another state w/o consent of the state

12th Amendment

Changed the electoral college and how electors cast their ballots for president and vice president

13th Amendment

Abolished Slavery

14th Amendment

Gave citizenship to those who are born or naturalized in the U.S.1

15th Amendment

Gave black males the right to vote

16th Amendment

Allowed for a federal income tax

17th Amendment

Established the popular election of U.S. Senators

18th Amendment

Established Prohibition

19th Amendment

Gave women the right the vote

20th Amendment

Changed the date in which presidents are inaugurated

21st Amendment

Repealed Prohibition

22nd Amendment

Established presidential terms

23rd Amendment

Gave residents of D.C. the right to vote/electoral college votes in Presidential elections

24th Amendment

Abolished poll taxes

25th Amendment

Established presidential succession

26th Amendment

Gave 18 year olds the right to vote

27th Amendment

Concerned congressional pay. Congress members cannot increase or decrease their pay until the next election.

Progressive Era/Movement

political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations

Populist Party

A US political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers in the 1890s, advocating increased currency issue, free coinage of gold and silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federal income tax

Temperance Movement

first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright.

Volstead Act

to provide enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

Election of 1800

Tied election led to the 12th amendment

Lame Duck

an official (especially the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor.

Disenfranchised

not having the right to vote

Voting Rights Act of 1965

piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

dramatize the denied citizenship claims of elite women during a period when the early republic's founding documents privileged white propertied males