Amendments

what three groups can amendments be divided into

Structural changes, extending government powers, and extending individual rights

The 11th amendment prevents what?

States from being sued in federal courts

What amendment uses the electoral college as a tiebreaker for elections

The 12th amendment

The 17th amendment does what?

allows people to elect US senators directly

The 20th amendment does what?

set new dates when the president vice president take office (January 20)

The 22nd amendment does what?

Limit the president to two terms

The 25th amendment does what?

The vice president takes over if something happens to the president also replaces vice president

what amendment limits pay raises

The 27th amendment

what amendment gives Congress power to charge federal income tax?

The 16th amendment

The 18th amendment does what?

Outlaws making selling or transferring alcoholic beverages

what amendment repels the 18th amendment?

The 21st amendment

Most amendments deal with ______

Voting rights

What are the Civil War amendments?

amendment 13, 14 and 15

amendment 13 does what

Outlaws slavery

what amendment prohibits, depriving life, liberty or property without dual process of law

Amendment 14

amendment 15 states what

Illegal to prevent voting based on race

What amendment gives women the right to vote?

The 19th amendment

amendment 23 granted what?

the district of Columbia three votes in electoral college?

who created poll taxes?

Southern states

amendment 26 did what

Created the voting age for 18

Who can impeach the president

The House of Representatives

executive agreement

A agreement between head of nations over foreign affairs

A treaty

Agreement between nation and must be ratified by the Senate

Who has the power to review federal laws or government actions?

The courts

what affects how the court interprets the constitution

Changes in the social and political conditions

Plessy vs Ferguson

Ruled that separate but equal facilities for African-Americans did not violate the constitution

Brown vs board

Supreme Court ruled separate education, facilities were unequal and unconstitutional

The constitution uses general language lead leading to what

Misinterpretation