Other Important Amendments Take notes on Page 80 of your IN. You will be responsible for this information on the test.

Amendments to the Constitution The Bill of Rights includes the first ten Amendments to the Constitution Today the Constitution has 27 amendments – the last was passed in 1992 Let’s take a look at some other crucial amendments…..take notes

13th Amendment Supported by President Lincoln after the Emancipation Proclamation failed to completely put an end to slavery Congress passed this amendment in 1865 At the end of the Civil War The 13th Amendment banned slavery forever in all states

14th & 15th Amendments The 13th amendment put an end to slavery for good and the 14th Amendment granted African Americans US citizenship BUT, they still lacked one important right of citizens…the right to vote Passed in 1870, the 15h Amendment stated that “rights of citizens in the US to vote shall not be denied…on account of race”

18th Amendment & 21st Amendment Ban on alcohol Prohibition 1919 Repeal of the 18th 1933

19th Amendment Many people campaigned for the 15th Amendment – including women – even though they still did not have the right to vote During the mid-1800’s women started to push for women’s suffrage – the right to vote Women were half of the population and wanted the same rights as men Passed in 1920, the 19th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote

26th Amendment By the mid-1900’s it seemed as though all US citizens finally had the right to vote The voting age for all citizens was 21 However, in the 1960’s when the US began drafting men as young as 18 to fight in the Vietnam War, Americans began to question the voting age How could we ask someone to fight in a war when they are not even old enough to vote? In 1971 (just a three years before was Ms. Butson were born) the 26th Amendment was passed changing the voting age from 21 to 18