Amendment 12
Electors are required to vote for a pres and vp separately
Amendment 13
Ended Slavery
Amendment 14
Gave slaved citizenship rights
Amendment 16
Government is allowed to tax people’s income
Amendment 17
Senators are elected by people instead of state legislatures
Amendment 18
Banned alcohol
Amendment 20
Set new inauguration date to January 20th
Amendment 21
Repealed banning alcohol
Amendment 22
Limited the number of pres terms to 2 years
Amendment 23
Gave the citizens of DC 3 votes
Amendment 27
If congress decides to give themselves a pay raise it won’t go into effect until next election
Article 1
Lawmaking power, legislative
Article 2
Executive branch, presidential powers
Article 3
Judicial branch
Article 4
Interstate respect, extradition, new states, state protections
Article 5
Amendments are to be created and ratified
Article 6/ supremacy clause
Makes the national gov now supreme over the state gove
Article 7
9 stated to ratify the constitution before its official
Antifederalists wanted..
A bill of rights and state sovereignty
Constitutional Principles
Popular Sovereignty, Limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism
Preamble
Form a more perfect union, establish justice, provide for common defense, promote general welfare
Constitutional Convention
Rhode Island wasn’t there, it was in Philly