The Other Amendments

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The Other Amendments

• The first 10 amendments, or the Bill of Rights,
  were added to the Constitution in 1791.
• It was agreed upon by all of the Founding
  Fathers that amendments should be added when
  necessary to make the
• Constitution a living
• document that
• can change as the times
• change in America.
• To add an amendment, ¾ of the states or
  Congress must approve it.
• Only 17 amendments have been added to the
  Constitution since 1791.

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What are the Other Amendments?

• Amendment 11 (1789)
• Lists rules for lawsuits filed
• against states

• Amendment 12 (1804)
• Lists rules for Presidential
• Elections
• President Vice President must
• come from different states
• VP must meet same requirements
• as the President

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• Amendment 13 (1865)
• Slavery is Abolished
• ABOLISHED to end
• something
• Slavery is made illegal in
• the USA

• Amendment 15
• (1870)
• African-American
• men have the right
• to vote

• Amendment 14 (1868)
• Civil Rights for all are established
• People of all colors are
• equal under the law
• Anyone who helped the
• South in the Civil War cannot
• hold a political office again

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• Amendment 16 (1913)
• Federal Government Allowed to
• Collect Income Taxes

• Amendment 17 (1913)
• The People Can Elect the Senators
• (Before this amendment, senators
• chosen by the state legislatures)

• Amendment 18 (1919)
• Prohibition of Liquor
• PROHIBITION to not allow
• The sale of alcohol is not allowed in
• the USA

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• Amendment 19 (1920)
• Women get the right to vote

• Amendment 20 (1933)
• Says the Presidents term begins
• on January 20th at noon following
• the November elections
• Says Congressmens terms begin
• on January 3rd at noon following
• the November elections

• Amendment 21 (1933)
• Repeal of Prohibition
• Any state in the USA that wants
• to sell alcohol is allowed to again
• Repeals the 18th Amendment

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• Amendment 22 (1951)
• Limits the President to Two Terms
• No person can be elected
• President more than twice
• If a person serves two years
• of someone elses term, they
• can only be elected one
• more time

F.D.R. was the only President to be elected 4
times to office

• Amendment 23 (1961)
• Gives people in Washington D.C.
• (District of Columbia) the right to
• vote for the president
• Voters in D.C. get the same
• number of electoral votes as
• the smallest state population

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• Amendment 24 (1964)
• Forbids the charging
• of a fee (or poll tax)
• for people to be able
• to vote
• POLL TAX a fee
• charged by some states
• to keep poor or black
• people from voting

• Amendment 26 (1971)
• Sets 18 as the voting
• age

• Amendment 27 (1992)
• Congress can vote to give
• itself a pay raise but it
• cant take effect until
• the next congressional
• election (No quick pay
• raises!)

• Amendment 25 (1967)
• Says who is next in
• line if something
• happens to the
• President

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The ConstitutionA Living Document

• The Constitution of the United States of America
  is a living document that changes in meaning with
  the demands of the times. This governmental rule
  book meets the needs of our country and will last
  for hundreds of years to come!