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The Fourteenth Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by?
The Fourteenth Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by empowering Congress to reduce their representation if they failed to give all males, regardless of race, suffrage. The amendment reversed the court's prior stance in the Dred Scott decision by identifying black people as citizens of the United States and therefore, entitled to all of the rights of citizenship.
Which amendment made blacks citizens?
admendment 14
Women are allowed to vote in some state elections prior to the 19th amendment true or false?
true
When did they decide taxing your income was legal?
The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified by the States in 1913. The main point about it was that it allowed congress to levy a tax on without apportionment among the states. A prior US Supreme Court decision had held that an income tax was unconstitutional because it was not apportioned among the states.
Amendment 17 of the Constitution changed the?
The 17th Amendment of the Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Prior to this amendment Senators were elected by state legislatures.
Prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment what was the state of voting rights for women in the US?
they could vote in many states but not all of them
Which amendment prevents prior restraint of information?
The first amendment prevents the prior restraint of information. The first amendment gives people the freedom of speech and religion.
What amendment allowed Congress to levy taxes based on an individual's income?
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution was the one that allowed Congress to impose income taxes. President Abraham Lincoln had imposed an income tax during the War of Northern Oppression (HaHa to the Yankees). This was one method he used to pay for the enormous expenses of the War. Afterward, it was ruled that the U.S. Government did not have the authority to impose such a tax and it was stopped after the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. It was many years later that the Amendment was passed. Prior to the Civil War, the primary governmental authority resided with the States. Remember the clause that stated that any power not specifically given to the Federal Government in the Constitution was left up to the individual States.
When is the president sworn into office and which amendment states this?
The 20th amendment moved the inauguration day for the president up to January 20. It was March 4 prior to the ratification of this amendment.
Prior to the civil war the tenth amendment was used to support which type of fedralism?
Prior to the Civil War, the Tenth Amendment was used to support
Is the senate directly elected by the people?
Yes, in the United States, senators are directly elected by the people of their respective states. This change was made possible by the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1913, which established the direct election of senators. Prior to this amendment, senators were chosen by state legislatures.
How did the seventeenth amendment change the election process?
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
