19th Century Amendments - St. Helens School District



19th Century Amendments

Amendment 11: Lawsuits against _________________(1795)

❖ ____________ courts can no longer try cases in which a state is sued by citizens of another _______________ or ________________.

Amendment 12: Electing the President and Vice-President (1804)

❖ This amendment changed the presidential election from whomever gets the _______votes becomes president and whoever received the _________highest amount of votes became vice-president.

❖ The president and vice-president are now selected on separate _____________ballots.

❖ The candidate who receives the ____________of the electoral college votes becomes president.

❖ If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the _____________________selects the president from the top _____________candidates, with each state getting one vote.

❖ The vice-president must now meet the same ______________as the president, because he could become president.

Amendment 13: Slavery Abolished (1865)

❖ Slavery was abolished in all ______________and territories

❖ “Involuntary________________” used to punish convicted criminals is still allowed.

❖ Gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment and punish violators.

Amendment 14: Civil Rights in States (1868)

❖ Defined citizenship as anyone born or naturalized in the United States.

1. under this definition you are a citizen of the United States and the _____________ where you live.

❖ No state can pass laws that deprive _______________of rights guaranteed by the Constitution without due process of law.

❖ Allowed for the entire ______________ population to be counted in the census including former _______________.

❖ Guaranteed all 21 year old ___________citizens the right to vote.

❖ If a state denied an eligible person the right to vote the state’s ______________________in Congress could be reduced.

Amendment 15: The Right to Vote (1870)

❖ The federal government now decided who could vote instead of states.

❖ The right of any citizen to vote may not be denied by any state on account of _______________, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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