Amendments 13-27 (detailed)

Question 1

All confederate debt is illegal & void

Answer 1

14

Question 2

Former slaves have the right to vote

Answer 2

15

Question 3

Began prohibition

Answer 3

18

Question 4

The lame duck amendment

Answer 4

20

Question 5

Abolished slavery

Answer 5

13

Question 6

Abolished the 3/4 compromise

Answer 6

14

Question 7

Direct election of senators

Answer 7

17

Question 8

The president van temporarily remove himself from office if he WRITES to the speaker if the house and the vice pres. pro tempore of the senate

Answer 8

25

Question 9

Two term limit on presidency

Answer 9

22

Question 10

Congressional pay: no raise can take effect until after an election for the house of reps.

Answer 10

27

Question 11

Former slaves are now citizens

Answer 11

14

Question 12

Allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among states or basing it on the. US Census

Answer 12

16

Question 13

Punishment for states who deny a male citizen over 21 the right to vote

Answer 13

14

Question 14

Presidential term ends at noon on January 20

Answer 14

20

Question 15

Women’s voting rights for both state and federal elections

Answer 15

19

Question 16

Repelled prohibition. States can decide if alcoholic beverages could be sold in their state

Answer 16

21

Question 17

Only amendment to be passed by state conventions

Answer 17

21

Question 18

No state shall make or enforce any law which limits the privileges and immunities of its citizens

Answer 18

14

Question 19

Gov. sets of special election to fill vacancy in the senate. Legislature can allow the governor to fill the vacancy short term

Answer 19

17

Question 20

Pres. can reclaim his job when he writes to the speaker of the house and the Pres. Pro tempore of the Senate

Answer 20

25

Question 21

Washington DC gets an amount of electoral votes equal to the least populous state

Answer 21

23

Question 22

States may the nine former rebels the right to vote

Answer 22

14

Question 23

Senators and representatives term ends at noon on January 3

Answer 23

20

Question 24

All union debt will be honored

Answer 24

14

Question 25

VP can become acting president by writing a letter, supported by a majority of the cabinet, to the speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the Senate

Answer 25

25

Question 26

If the elected president dies before taking office the elected vice president becomes president

Answer 26

20

Question 27

Is a president had not been elected by January 20 or a candidate fails to qualify Congress decides who will act as president

Answer 27

20

Question 28

If you were a government official who took an oath to support the constitution and joined the Confederate cause, then you cannot hold a federal or state job again

Answer 28

14

Question 29

Pres. can write a letter to the speaker of the house and the vice Pres. pro tempore saying he is able to resume his duties unless... VP get the support of the cabinet and write a letter to the same two people that the president is unfit in three days... 2/3 of Congress must say the president is unfit

Answer 29

25

Question 30

Replacement president could serve no more than two years and still serve two full terms on his or her own. if more than two years is served he or she can only be elected once.

Answer 30

22

Question 31

2/3 votes of Congress to Pardon a public official

Answer 31

14

Question 32

18 year olds have the right to vote in all federal, state, and local elections

Answer 32

26

Question 33

Exceptions to the 22nd amendment

Answer 33

Harry S. Truman

Question 34

Outlawed poll taxes in federal elections

Answer 34

24