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09/16/2012

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amendment 11
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gives immunities to the states from certain suits from non-state residents
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Amendment 12
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Established seperate voting for President and Vice President
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Amendment 13
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prohibits slavery, and is to be enforced by congress
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Amendment 14
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Provides Citizenship to anyone born within the United States; No one is to be afforded the loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. All people within due process of law, shall be granted equal protection of the law. Prohibits previous rebellors of the United States from taking a political office.
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Amendment 15
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No denial of vote because of race, religion, or previous state of servitude.
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Amendment 16
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Power of Congress to tax incomes
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Amendment 17
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Gives power of appointment of senator seats to the popular vote by citizens. Gives power to the governor, if allowed by state legislature, to temporarily fill a vacancy by his own choice, till the people choose another senator.
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Amendment 18
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Prohibits Alcohol.
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Amendment 19
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Grants women sufferage rights
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Amendment 20
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Changes dates for start and end of presidential/vice presidential terms, as well as congressional seat terms for both the house and the senate.
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Amendment 21
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Repeals amendment 18
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Amendment 22
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Prevents the president from being able to hold more than two terms, or being elected more than once.
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Amendment 23
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allows the District of Columbia to have electorates in the electoral college
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Amendment 24
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Bans poll tax payment on voter qualification.
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Amendment 25
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Notifies the vice president as successor of president upon own death. Notes that president may elect a new vicepresident of his own in case of absence of vice president. If the president is unable to perform his duties, until he is capable of doing so, the vice president acts as acting president.
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Amendment 26
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Voting Age Set to 18 Years
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Amendment 27
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Forbids Congress Giving Itself a Pay Raise Mid-Term
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James Madison
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Father of the constitution
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Thomas Jefferson
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Author of the Declaration
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Joke locke
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English Political philosopher who developed the dontract theory of government
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Philosopher who believed that people made contracts with people not rules
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Alexander Hamilton
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key delegate to the constitutional convention who wanted a strong national government
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Daniel Shays
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Massachvsetts farmers who led a rebellion in 1786
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John Jay
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leading federalist
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John Zenger
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Printer who was arrested denied bail and held in jail for 9 mouths for writing against a colonial governer
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King George 3rd
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King of Great Britain
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Montesquiea
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Philosopher who had the idea of liming government power dividing powers
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John Marshall
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chief justice the ruling in Marbary V. Madison
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Barack Obama
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44th and current President of the United States
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Joe Biden
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Vice president of the United States
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John Boehner
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Current Speaker of the house of representives
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Richard Dick Durbin
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Illinois Sinator R Mark Kirk Sinator R
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