Income levy state direct appoint 20th Century Amendments   Amendment 16: ____________________ Tax (1913) gave Congress the power to ____________an income tax. Amendment 17: Election of Senators (1913) Changed the election of senators, from the ____________ legislatures, to _______________election by the people of the state they represent. Gave governors the power to _________________senators, when there is a vacancy mid-term until a special election can be held. Income levy state direct appoint

Alcohol intoxicating repealed federal state Amendment 18: Prohibition of ___________________________(1919)   Banned the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of _________________________liquors within the United States Also banned the importation and exportation of liquor to or from the United States Is the only amendment ever to be ________________________. Amendment 19: Women’s Right to Vote (1920) Gave women the right to vote in both ___________________and ________________________ elections. intoxicating repealed federal state

Duck retirement shortened January 20th Amendment 20: Lame ___________________Amendment   Deals with “lame ducks” – presidents and members of Congress waiting to leave office after elections have been held or they have announced their _____________________. This amendment _______________________ the waiting time between elections and when people took office. Congress now begins meeting at noon on the 3rd day of___________________________. The President and Vice President take office on January ________. If a President-elect dies before his term begins the Vice-President-elect becomes the President retirement shortened January 20th

18th 2 less more Amendment 21: Repeal of Prohibition (1933)   Repealed the ________amendment and the ban on alcohol in the United States. Amendment 22: Limit on the Number of Presidential Terms (1951) Limits the number of full terms a president can serve to_________. If a Vice-President becomes president with ___________than two years remaining in that term, they may run for two more full terms. If a Vice-President becomes president with ____________than two years remaining in that term, they may run for only one more term. 18th 2 less more

president least dies removed President Senate Amendment 23: Electors for the District of Columbia (1963)   Allowed the District of Columbia to participate in electing the _______________________. gave the District of Columbia the same number of electors in the electoral college as the ________________populous state. Amendment 24: ___________________Taxes (1964) Prohibited states from requiring citizens to pay to vote in federal elections. Amendment 25: Presidential Disability and Succession (1967) Officially added to The Constitution that the Vice President becomes President if the current President _____________, resigns or is______________________ from office . If the Vice Presidency becomes vacant, the___________________ may choose a new Vice President, who must be voted and approved by the ________________________. president least Poll dies removed President Senate

Vice President Vice President President President able two-thirds The president may temporarily make the ________________________________ the acting President with a written declaration.  This lasts until a second declaration is made that ends this condition. (Example – when the president has a medical procedure) Step 1: Allows the _____________________and the Cabinet to jointly agree that “the _______________is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” Step 2: The Vice President immediately becomes acting _________________. Step 3: If and when the President pronounces himself __________, the Vice President and the Cabinet have four days to disagree. If they do not, the President retakes his powers. Step 4:. But the Vice President and the Cabinet do disagree, the Vice President keeps control while Congress quickly meets and makes a decision. The Vice President continues acting as President only if _____________ majorities of both chambers of Congress agree that the President is unable to serve. Vice President Vice President President President able two-thirds

1992 Amendment 26: Voting Rights for 18 year olds (1971)   Lowered the minimum voting age to 18. Amendment 27: Restraint on Congressional Salaries (1992) This amendment was originally proposed in 1789 as part of the Bill of Rights. It was not ratified until______________. Any pay increase for Congress would not take affect until the next Congressional session. 1992