Civil War Amendments ( 11-27 Amendments)

Eleventh Amendment

Places a limit on lawsuits against states

Twelfth Amendment

Revises procedures for electing the president and vice president

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and forced labor

Fourteenth Amendment

Define U.S. citizenship and guarantees “equal protection of the laws”

Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits restrictions on the right to vote based on race or color

Sixteenth Amendment

Gives Congress the power to levy an income tax

Seventeenth Amendment

Enables voters to elect senators directly

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibits the use and transport of alcoholic beverages

Nineteenth Amendment

Gives women the right to vote

Twentieth Amendment

Changes the date of Congressional and presidential terms

Twenty-First Amendment

Repeals prohibition of the Eighteenth Amendment

Twenty-Second Amendment

Limits presidents to two terms in office

Twenty-Third Amendment

Gives residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote

Twenty-Fourth Amendement

Abolishes poll taxes

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Establishes procedures for succession to the presidency

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Sets voting age at 18

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Delays congressional pay raises until the term following their passage