Transcript 20th Century Amendments (Power Point)

20th Century Amendments
Income
Amendment 16: ____________________
Tax (1913)
levy
•gave Congress the power to ____________an
income tax.
Amendment 17: Election of Senators (1913)
state
•Changed the election of senators, from the ____________
legislatures,
direct
to _______________election
by the people of the state they
represent.
appoint
•Gave governors the power to _________________senators,
when
there is
a vacancy mid-term.
Alcohol
Amendment 18: Prohibition of ___________________________(1919)
•Banned the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of
intoxicating
_________________________liquors
within the United States
•Also banned the importation and exportation of liquor to or from
the
United States
repealed
•Is the only amendment ever to be ________________________.
Amendment 19: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)
federal
•Gave women the right to vote in both ___________________and
state
________________________
elections.
Duck
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
retirement
their _____________________.
shortened
•This amendment _______________________
the waiting time
between
elections and when people took office.
•Congress now begins meeting at noon on the 3rd day
January
of___________________________.
20th
•The President and Vice President take office on January ________.
•If a President-elect dies before his term begins the Vice-Presidentelect
becomes the President
Amendment 21: Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
18th
•Repealed the ________amendment
and the ban on alcohol in the
United
States.
Amendment 22: Limit on the Number of Presidential Terms (1951)
2
•Limits the number of full terms a president can serve to_________.
less
•If a Vice-President becomes president with ___________than
two
years
remaining in that term, they may run for two more full terms.
more
•If a Vice-President becomes president with ____________than
two
years
remaining in that term, they may run for only one more term.
Amendment 23: Electors for the District of Columbia (1963)
•Allowed the District of Columbia to participate in electing the
president
_______________________.
•gave the District of Columbia the same number of electors in the electoral
college as the ________________populous
least
state.
Poll
Amendment 24: ___________________Taxes
(1964)
•Prohibited states from requiring citizens to pay to vote in federal elections.
Amendment 25: Presidential Disability and Succession (1967)
•If for any reason the President declares himself or herself unable to
perform his or her duties, then the Vice-President becomes acting President.
resume
•When the president feels that they can __________________their
duties
and the Vice President and a majority of Congress approves they may
return to duty.
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
1992
Rights. It was not ratified until______________.
•Any pay increase for Congress would not take affect until
the next Congressional session.