Civil Rights Amendments Flashcards

Amendments in the Constitution that covered the Civil Rights of People

352559133	Amendment 13	Ratified in 1865. Abolition of Slavery throughout the U.S. and all territories.
352559134	Amendment 14	Ratified in 1868. Right of Citizens: defined who a citizen was either through naturalization or birth.
352559135	Amendment 15	Ratified in 1870. Black Suffrage: rights to vote cannot be denied regardless of previous conditions of servitude.
352559136	Amendment 17	Ratified in 1913. Direct Election of Senators: people from the states vote and not legislature.
352559137	Amendment 19	Ratified in 1920. Women's Suffrage: granted women the right to vote in federal elections.
352559138	Amendment 23	Ratified in 1961. D.C. Suffrage: residents of Washington D.C. able to vote for president.
352559139	Amendment 24	Ratified in 1964. Elimination of Poll Tax: illegal to charge a tax to people to vote.
352559140	Amendment 26	Ratified in 1971. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
352559141	Civil Rights	The rights guaranteed to all U.S. citizens.
352559142	Suffrage	The right to vote.