1. Amendments 11 - 27 Goal C&G.2.6: Specify how the U.S. Constitution can be changed and analyze the impact of specific changes

2. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Eleventh1795Citizens of other states or foreign countries cannot sue a state in federal court without that state’s consent Twelfth1804Electors from each state shall cast one ballot for president and one for vice-president “Suits against States” * only amendment to limit the judicial branch

3. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Thirteenth1865Slavery in the United States is abolished Fourteenth18681) All persons born in the United States are U.S. citizens 2) entitled to due process of law (by the states) & 3) equal protection of the law defines citizenship 

4. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Fifteenth1870No government in the United States may prevent citizens from voting because of race * suffrage = the right to vote Thirteenth FourteenthCivil War Amendments Fifteenth(aka Reconstruction Amendments)

5. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Sixteenth1913Congress has the power to collect income taxes without dividing them among the states according to population Seventeenth1913The two U.S. senators from each state shall be elected by direct vote of the state’s people (had been chosen by state legislatures previously)

6. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Eighteenth1919Manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages in the United States is prohibited Nineteenth1920No government in the United States may prevent citizens from voting because of gender “Prohibition”

7. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Twentieth1933The terms of office of president and vice- president end at noon, January 20 th. The terms of office of members of Congress end at noon, January 3 rd. Twenty-first1933The Eighteenth Amendment is repealed “Lame Duck” Amendment * 18 th and 21 st are always linked

8. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Twenty-second 1951No person may be elected more than twice to the office of president (max = 10 years) Twenty-third 1961Residents of the District of Columbia may vote for president and vice-president by choosing three electors FDR – only President to serve more than 2 terms; was elected to 4 terms

9. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Twenty-fourth 1964No government in the United States may collect a poll tax from citizens as a requirement for voting (abolished)

10. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Twenty-fifth1967If the cabinet and Congress determine that the president is disabled, the vice- president will temporarily assume the duties of the president. If the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vice-president becomes president. * Presidential Disability and Succession

11. Amendment Year Adopted Main Provisions Twenty-sixth 1971No government in the United States may prevent person 18 or older from voting on account of age Twenty-seventh 1992Congress cannot vote itself a pay increase until an election of representatives intervenes * Sixteenth through Twenty-Seventh = all passed in 20 th Century (16 th to 27 th = 20 th Century Amendments)