CORNELL NOTES Name: Mercedes Cross

Class: Block 1 Topic: Unit 2 Section 6

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Questions / Main Ideas Notes / Details / Definitions / etc.

Amendment Categories Voting Amendments
• 12th Electoral College
• 15th Vote Regardless of race
• 17th Direct election of Senators by the people
• 19th Women can vote
• 23rd People in D.C. can vote for President
• 24th No Poll taxes
• 26th 18 year olds can vote
States Rights
• 9th other rights
• 10th powers given to the states
• 11th limits power of federal courts over states
Reconstruction Amendments
• 13th Slavery abolished
• 14th The rights of citizens born in this country
• 15th Men can vote regardless of race
Government Structure Amendments
• 20th Shortened time between election and inauguration of the president
• 22nd Presidents can serve two full terms or 10 total years.
• 25th How to fill the vice-presidency if the president dies in office
• 27th Congress salaries can’t increase until after the next election.
Others
• 18th prohibits sale, manufacturing, and distribution of alcohol.
• 21st Alcohol is legal again.
• 16th U.S. can have an income tax.

Themes I see in the Representative Government, individual rights, federalism, rule of law, life,
information liberty, justice, truth, popular sovereignty

Other Questions I may Why couldn’t people in D.C. vote for president before the 23rd Amendment?
have about the
information (Required)
Please list three things 1.) I didn’t know what the 27th Amendment was
you learned today 2.) That the 15th was a reconstruction amendment AND a voting amendment
(Required) 3.) that the 20th Amendment shortened the time between election day and
inauguration day

Please explain how one Thanks to the 26th Amendment, I’ll be able to vote next year.
thing you learned today
relates to you. BE
SPECIFIC!!!!