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1. 11th Amendment
2. 12th Amendment
3. 13th Amendment
4. 14th Amendment
5. 15th Amendment
6. 16th
7. 17th Amendment
8. 18th Amendment
9. 19th Amendment

no person could be denied the right to vote based upon their sex

Made the president and vice president positions cooperative, making them run together as a team

banned involuntary servitude

established birthright citizenship

provides for direct elections of senators to the national legislature by the people

states cannot be sued in federal court under certain circumstances

the right to vote cannot be denied based upon a person's race or color

Redefines how the president and vice president are chosen by the electoral college

made former slaves citizens of the US and citizens of the state in which they live

ensures the same rights, privileges and protections to all people under the law (equal protection, no favoring or discriminating)

made the manufacture, sale or transportation of liquor illegal

gave women the right to vote

Allows for people to be naturalized citizens (granted citizenship by fulfilling requirements established by law)

right to vote cannot be denied because a person used to be a slave or subject to involuntary servitude

Congress can charge an income tax

Government can raise revenue through income tax

embodies the concept of sovereign immunity

before this amendment was passed, state legislatures elected the senators who would serve in the national legislature

made importing and exporting liquor illegal

banned slavery

it forbids the states from violating most of the rights protected by the Bill of Rights