1. Warm Up – February 20 Answer the following questions on a post it:
1. What are the six principles of the Constitution?
2. What rights are protected by the 1st and 2nd Amendments?
3. Which British Action was the third amendment a direct response to?
4. What is due process?
5. Which amendments protect the rights of the accused?
6. What is the purpose of the 9th Amendment?
7. What term describes the 10th amendment reserving powers to the states that are not given to the federal government?

2. Federalism Reading 1. Define Federalism
Download the Federalism Reading from today’s date on my website and answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
1. Define Federalism
2. What were the framers of the Constitution determined to create?
3. What does Article 1, Section 10 do in regards to states’ powers? What areas does it gives states powers to? Which amendment corrected this reduction in power?
4. What is dual sovereignty?
5. What examples does the reading provide that are concurrent powers or “cooperative federalism”?

3. Unit 2: The Constitution
Amendments

4. 11th Amendment
Places limits on an individual’s right to sue states.

5. 12th Amendment
Electoral College must cast separate votes for president and vice president.
Prior to being passed
the losing presidential
Candidate became Vice President

6. 13th Amendment
Prohibits/abolishes slavery

7. 14th Amendment - 1868 Defines “Citizenship”
All people born or naturalized in the United States
Extended citizenship to blacks
Equal protection under law and due process

8. 15th Amendment
Extended voting rights to all citizens regardless of race
Additional Information:
13th, 14th, 15th amendments are considered the Reconstruction Amendments

9. 16th Amendment
Federal Income tax

10. 17th Amendment People directly elect U.S. Senators
Additional Information:
Senators were previously
chosen by state
legislatures

11. 18th Amendment
Prohibits sale and distribution of alcohol

12. 19th Amendment
Women’s suffrage
Right to vote

13. 20th Amendment
Establishes when the presidential and congressional terms are to begin and end

14. 21st Amendment
Repealed prohibition

15. 22nd Amendment
Limits president to only 2 terms in office

16. 23rd Amendment
Allows the residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections
Additional Information:
Wash DC receives 3 electoral college votes

17. 24th Amendment - 1964 Bans poll taxes Additional Information:
Poll Taxes – passed after
Civil War to prevent
African Americans from
voting

18. 25th Amendment
Establishes the presidential succession

19. 26th Amendment
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

20. 27th Amendment
If Congress votes itself a pay increase, that increase cannot take effect until after the next election.

21. TOD – February 20
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
How has the constitution provided the government the ability to adjust to a changing society?
What do you think is the difference between a right and a privilege?
How have constitutional amendments changed suffrage rights throughout US History? Which Amendments are related to voting rights?
Which amendments are considered the Reconstruction Amendments?
Which constitutional/legal protections provide “equal protection” to all citizens? Use an amendment to support your answer.