Bill of Rights Extended

Section 3

11th & 12th

• 11=Place limits on suits against states• 12=Revises the procedure for electing the

president and vice president

Civil War Amendments

• 13=Abolishes Slavery• 14=Gives the rights of citizenship to all people• 15=Prohibits restrictions on the right to vote

based on race and color

16th and 17th

• 16=Congress the power to levy an income tax• 17=Enable the population to vote in senators

directly

18th and 19th

• 18=Prohibits the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages

• 19=Gives women the right to vote

20, 21, & 22

• 20=Changes date of congressional and presidential terms

• 21=Repeals prohibition ends the 18th amendment

• 22=Limits the president to two terms

23, 24, &25

• 23=Gives residents in DC the right to vote• 24=Abolishes poll taxes• 25=Establishes a procedures of succession to

the presidency

26th and 27th

• 26=Sets voting age at 18 years of age• 27=Delays congressional pay raises until the

members win the next election.

Civil Rights Struggle

Section 4

Struggle for Rights

• After the civil war many freed slaves endured 100 more years of discrimination in the South

• Segregation Practices• Jim Crow Laws

Push for Equal Rights

• Civil rights-rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

• Brown vs.. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ( 1954)

• Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)• Martin Luther King, Jr. –Lead peaceful protests

against unfair practices

Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Prohibits discrimination in public places, employment, education and voter registration.

• Banned discrimination based on races, religion, gender or national origin.

Voters Rights Act of 1965

• All peoples would have a right to vote regardless of race

Affirmative Action

• 1970’s• Federal Program• Process to make up the gap of past hiring

practices• Gratz vs. Bollinger (2003)-the court struck

down the University of Michigan’s point based system