Amendments

11-27

11th Amendment
The 11th amendment limits jurisdiction of the federal courts
This means that there are limits on suits against states
Example: NC resident cant sue Virginia
Case: Chisholm v. Georgia- S.C. citizen sued Georgia

12th Amendment
Revises procedure for electing the
president and vice president
This established the Electoral College
use separate ballots in voting for the
president and vice president

13th Amendment
Abolishes Slavery

14th
Amendment
Defines US
citizenship;
guarantees all
citizens equal
protection under the
law
Originally created
to give rights to
freed slaves

15th Amendment
Prohibits restrictions
on the right to vote
based on race and
color

16th Amendment
Gives congress the power to levy an
income tax

17th Amendment
Voters elect senators directly instead of state
legislature

18th Amendment
Prohibits

making,
drinking or selling
alcoholic beverages
called Prohibition

19th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote-suffrage
Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stantonwomens suffrage leaders

20th Amendment
Changes the dates of
congressional and presidential
terms
President and Vice President
end term January 20th at noon;
senators January 3rd at noon
Lame-Duck- outgoing
president has little influence
and little accomplishments
between elections in Nov. and
the new president taking office
in Jan.

21st Amendment
Repeals Prohibition
No more 18th Amendment
Only amendment ever passed to
overturn another amendment!

Al Capone

22nd Amendment
Limits presidents to
2 terms in office
Passed after
Franklin D.
Roosevelt's election
to 4 terms between
1933-1945

23rd
Amendment
Gives residents of the
District of Columbia the
right to vote
DC is not a state!
DC is the area between
Virginia and Maryland

24th Amendment
Abolishes poll taxes
Didnt pass until 1964

25th
Amendment
Establishes
procedures for
succession to the
presidency

26th Amendment
Set voting age at
18 years

27th Amendment
Delays congressional pay raises until
the term following their passage

Major Cases
Marbury v. Madison (1803)-established
judicial review

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)- Scott

sued for his freedom after being taken to a free state;
ruled against him because slaves(property) have no
rights to sue not a citizen

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)-established

separate but equal; reinforced segregation

Major Cases
Korematsu v. United States (1944)- made it
legal to hold people of Japanese decent in camps
during WWII

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)-gives those who

cant afford a lawyer a lawyer in all cases

United States v. Nixon (1974)-SC decided that

executive privilege is not limitless, and the Watergate
tapes were released

Struggle for Rights

After the civil war, African Americans routinely faced

discrimination
Southern states had Jim Crow laws- separated
Whites and AAs
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)- established
separate schools were not equal therefore separate
but equal did not work and was unconstitutional
Little Rock 9
Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks arrested for
violating segregation laws in Alabama. MLK led
peaceful protests

Struggle for Rights Contd

1963- I Have a Dream speech
Civil Rights act of 1964- prohibited
discrimination in public facilities, employment,
education and voter registration; banned
discrimination based on sex, gender religion
and national origin
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978)-

affirmative action-established all things being

equal, race and gender may be used as a
criteria

 Gratz v Bollinger (2003)- court struck

down a University of Michigan point- based
admission policy because it gave excessive
points to minority applicants
Many Americans are subject to racial
profiling- being singled out as suspects
because of the way they look
What would you do?
What whould you do?
Racism?

More videos..

Rosa Parks
Oprah clip
Civil Rights Crash course
Prom?
Lighten the mood
Not related at all but funny..