Amendment 21

[1.] The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

[2.] The transportation or importation into any State,Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

[3.] The article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the

The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment and also gave the states the right to decide on alcohol laws for themselves.

Repeals the 18th amendment which prohibited the transportation or importation of alcohol into the United States.

A celebration that the 21st amendment repeals prohibition.

http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/21st_amendment_final.html

(an interesting web site all about the 21st amendment)

Amendment 20

[1.] The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

[2.] The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

[3.] If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

[4.] The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

[5.] Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

[6.] This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three­fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission

Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.

A political piece with a caption describing its nature as "Constitution has always been made by those whom are bound to act upon it but with the passage of time, this has been and is a common practice of Government ,except abiding the law, they change the law according to circumstances and their own wish. We are just remain ignorant and taken over by the Powerful People."

Amendment 19

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment prohibited discrimination for voting, based on gender.

Women can finally vote!

A group of women celebrating after they won the right to vote!

Amendment 18

[1.] After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is here­by prohibited.

[2.] The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

[3.] This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission here­of to the States by the Congress.

This amendment prohibited the making and/or the selling of alcohol, leading to prohibition.

All about the 18th amendment, why it happened, the problems it caused within America and why it was over turned.

Amendment 17

The Senate of the United States shall be com­posed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided,That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

This amendment established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

This is a political photo saying that if the "price was right" they would elect a cow.

Every vote counts because due to the 17th amendment Senators are elected based on popular vote

amendment 16

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

This Amendment gave Congress the power/ability to levy an income tax with dividing it among the states or basing it on the U.S. Census.

Amendment 15

[1.] The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

[2.] The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment granted black men the right to vote.

This image shows a black hand placing a vote, because finally black people were granted the right to vote, thanks to the 15th amendment.

A picture of black people voting for the first time in our Country's history.