19 constitutional amendments

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11th Amendment

-Places limits on suits against states

12th Amendment

-Changes procedure for electing President and Vice-President

13th Amendment

-Bans Slavery and forced labor

14th Amendment-defines citizenship

-guarantees due process and equal protection of the law

15th Amendment

-Allows voting to all men regardless of race

16th Amendment

-Gives the authority to levy an income tax

17th Amendment

-Establishes the direct election of Senators

18th Amendment

-Prohibition of Alcohol

19th Amendment

-Women’s right to vote

20th Amendment

-Changes the beginning of Presidential and Congressional terms.

21st Amendment

-Repeals Prohibition

22nd Amendment

-Establishes a two term limit for President

23rd Amendment

-Gives residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in national elections

24th Amendment

-Abolishes the use of poll taxes in voting

25th Amendment

-Defines the succession of the office of President

26th Amendment

-Lowers the voting age to 18 years old.

27th Amendment

-Places limits on Congressional pay raises until the beginning of the nextterm.

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