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Chapter 7
Section 1The Amendments
13th Amendment
• Abolition of slavery
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html
14th Amendment 1868
• Citizenship for African Americans
• “All persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens…”
• No state can deprive any person of life, liberty and property without due process
15th Amendment 1870• Can not deny
the vote to any person on the basis of…
• Race• Color• Previous
condition of servitude
race
color
16th Amendment
• Income tax will now be collected
17th Amendment
• Direct election of Senators
• The United States citizens will elect their senators rather than being elected by the House
• Arlen Specter • Senator from PA
http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/images/posts/2006_06_25t171217_331x450_us_security_eavesdropping.jpg
18th Amendment 1919
• Prohibition of alcohol
• Too many people getting drunk
• Temperance movement
• Speakeasies• Al Capone• Bootleggers
http://thepedia.com/define/Prohibition
19th Amendment 1920• Women
right to vote
• The right to vote shall not be denied by the state on account of sex
http://www.blogwaybaby.com/2005/08/happy-85th-anniversary-of-womens-right.aspx
20th Amendment 1933
• Date of when President will take office is January 20th
• Members of Congress will begin January 3rd
• Lame Duck: defeated Congressmen/women who must remain in office until the 3rd
http://my.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/patriotic/reagan/PresSwearIn_1985.jpg
21st Amendment 1933
• Repeal of the 18th amendment
• WWI • Great Depression• Wanted to give
people the privilege back to them
• Many needed too• veterans
22nd Amendment
• President limited to 2 terms
• No president shall serve more that 2 four year terms
• Franklin D. Roosevelt served 4 terms
http://www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/firstln/roosevelt.html
23rd Amendment• Electoral votes
for the DC• Residents of
Washington DC have the right to vote in presidential elections.
• Before they could not vote for President
http://www.anders.com/pictures/public/04-views/
24th Amendment 1964
•No poll tax•Do not have
to pay a tax in order to vote
http://www.alexandriacentral.org/amendments/amendments.html
25th Amendment 1967• The Vice
President becomes the President if the current President should die or get sick
26th Amendment 1971
• 18 years olds the right to vote
• Because of the Vietnam war many 18 year olds were being drafted into the war.
• If they are old enough to die they are old enough to vote
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-26-voa52.cfm
27th Amendment
•Changing Congressional salaries
• The members of Congress vote themselves a pay increase it can not go into effect until after the next congressional election
http://www.john-daly.com/TwistedPhotos/albums/album19030305051515085707/