1. Amendments

2. Specifies cases that are not to be tried in the federal court system.
Amendment Eleven
Specifies cases that are not to be tried in the federal court system.

3. Amendment Twelve
Revises the presidential election process
Electors vote separately for president and vice president.
If there is no clear winner the House of Representatives will elect the President and the Vice President will be elected by the Senate.

4. Choice of Assignment
Court Case
Cartoon
From your book choose a court case that involved one of the Bill of Rights amendments.
On a separate sheet of paper write:
Name and year of the case
The basis (amendment) for the case
The facts
The result
Create a cartoon involving one of the cases in the back of your book.
Include the name of the case as a title
The Cartoon should reflect the facts and result of the case.
You can make it one frame or several cells

5. First of the Civil War or Civil Rights Amendments
Abolished Slavery
First of the Civil War or Civil Rights Amendments

6. Amendment 14
Citizenship defined
Granted citizenship to ALL persons born or naturalized in the United States
States can’t make laws that abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of U.S.
Equal protection of the laws
No more 3/5 when counting representation

7. Right for all male citizens to vote
Amendment 15
Right for all male citizens to vote
Regardless of race, color or previous servitude.

8. The amendment authorized an income tax (Direct tax)

9. Direct election of senators
Amendment 17
Direct election of senators
Until this amendment state legislators appointed senators.
If there is a sudden vacancy the state’s governor appoints replacement to serve the term unless the State decides to fill the vacancy by special election

10. Prohibited the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol.
Amendment 18
Prohibited the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol.
Volstead Act defined alcohol as ½ of 1%

11. Women’s right to vote in national elections
Amendment 19
Women’s right to vote in national elections
Many States already allowed women to vote in State elections

12. Amendment 20 New date for term: January 20 Inauguration day
“Lame Duck” Amendment
New date for term: January 20 Inauguration day
Congress session starts January 3rd following election
If the President-elect dies before taking the oath the Vice President-elect becomes President

13. Repealed the 18th Amendment
Only amendment to ever repeal another amendment

14. Amendment 22 Limits president to two (2) elected terms or 10-years
George Washington set the precedent for 2 four year terms.
Everyone followed the precedent until Franklin D. Roosevelt.

15. Amendment 23 Washington D.C. receives three (3) electoral votes
Was given the same number as the least populated State
Does not have a seat in either the Senate or House of Representatives

16. Prohibits Poll Tax as a requirement for voting
Amendment 24
Prohibits Poll Tax as a requirement for voting

17. Twenty-Fifth Amendment
If the office of President is vacated the Vice President will take that office
The new President will nominate a Vice President to be approved by a majority vote of both the House and Senate
President must notify the President pro tempore and the Speaker of the House if they will be incapacitated and again when he is able to resume his duties

18. Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Other cabinet positions in the order they were created

19. Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Lowers national voting age to 18
Passed during Vietnam War
States may have a lower voting age for State elections

20. Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Any law that changes Congressional salaries, may not take effect until the next regular congressional election