Other Amendments to the Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments 13th Slavery and involuntary servitude banned Except as punishment for crime 1865

Present Day Chain Gang

Reconstruction Amendments 14th All people born in US or naturalized are American citizens Equal protection under the law 1868 This started separate but equal

Reconstruction Amendments 15 th Right to vote cannot be denied because of race Southern response- started established literacy tests, grandfather clause, poll taxes to prevent freed slaves from voting 1870

Amendment 18 Prohibition 1919

Speak Easy 1920’s

Amendment 19 Right for women to vote 1920

Amendment 21 Repealed 18 th Amendment

Amendment 22 2 term limit for president In response to FDR, 4 terms 1932, 1936, 1940,

Amendment 24 Right to vote cannot be denied by failing to pay pole tax, pass literacy test, or grandfather clause 1964