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Amendments 16-27
Amendments
Question | Answer |
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16 | Income tax established |
17 | Direct election of senators, people now elect senator for their state, before 1913 state legislature elected senators |
18 | Prohibition of alcohol |
19 | women were given the right to vote |
20 | Lame Duck, shortened length of time between the election and inauguration |
21 | Repeal of prohibition |
22 | term limit for president- 2 terms Can't serve more then ten years |
23 | President electors for the district of Columbia gains 3 electoral votes |
24 | Abolition of the Poll Tax Eliminated taxes imposed by some southern states to vote in presidential or congressional elections |
25 | Presidential Disability and sucession Vice becomes president if president dies etc.. New VP is appointed by president with the approval of congress |
26 | 18 eligible to vote |
27 | Congressional Salary- an increase will not take affect until the next congressional session |