1. 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

2. Alcohol intoxicating repealed federal state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repealed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

3. 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

4. 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Repealed the ________amendment and the ban on alcohol in the United States.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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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