XI-XXVII Amendment Quiz Review Organizer Part 1-2
Amendment Process
Slavery and the Constituiton
Dred Scott
Civil War
Slavery and the Constituiton
Dred Scott
Civil War
Terms
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- Slavery
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- Proposal Options
- 2 ways 1) Congress may propese and amendment if it has been approved by a 2/3 vote in both House and Senate. 2) The national convention must be called for by 2/3 vote by state legilatures
- Reasons for allowing slavery
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- XX (20)
- presidental term begins Jan. 20th
- Ratification Options
- 2 ways 1)approval by 3/4 vote of national state legilatures 2) approval of special conventions in 3/4 vote of states. The congress choses which method will be used
- XV (15)
- black men have the right to vote
- XII (12)
- role of House of Reps in Presidential Elections
- XXVII (27)
- restrictions placed on Congressional pay raises
- North vs South
- They competed between power in Congress.
- XXII (22)
- president limited to two terms
- XVIII (18)
- prohibition of drinking age
- XXI (21)
- prohibition of drinking age repealed
- outcome and impact
- Constitution was interpreted and allwed slavery.
- arguments for Scott
- residence in a free teritory had made him a free person
- XIX (19)
- all women have the right to vote
- XXV (25)
- presidential succession defined
- death toll
- 600,000 American lives taken away
- XXIV (24)
- poll tax outlawed
- XXIII (23)
- DC given 3 electoral votes
- 3/5 compromise impact
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- XIII (13) Slavery Abolished
- The north's victory in the civil war paved the way for the 13th amendment...which abolished slavery in 1865
- reasoning for lawsuit
- whether Scott was free according to the constitution
- XIV (14)
- no state may deny citizens rights
- arguments against Scott
- slaves were property...Congress could not prevent slavholders from taking slaves anywhere they wished.
- XXVI (26)
- 18 year olds given right to vote
- XI (11)
- restricitions of federal lawsuits
- XVII (17)
- direct election of senators
- XVI (16)
- icome tax outlawed
- national division
- there was national divison between the north and the south due to power in congress