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12th Amendment

President and Vice President will be


elected on different ballots in the
Electoral College.
* One designated specifically as
President and one designated
specifically as vice president
Historic Circumstances
12th Amendment

1796 Jhn msCFdralists was


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22nd Amend. - Establishes term limits. 

Two term max or Ten years

25th Amend. - *If the President is removed or


dies the Vice President becomes
President. * Once the Vice Presiden
is President he/she names new
Vice President who takes office
once confirmed by both houses
of Congress. * If the President
informs Congress in writing that
he cannot perform his duties Vice
President becomes President.
Historic Circumstances
22nd Amendment
1940 After the start of FDR's 4th term in office
a President
He died and people started to think having
for 8 wasn't good for the nation
serve years

25th Amendment
President WoodrowWilsonhad a stroke whichmade him
He wasn'table to serve as presidentandno one
paralyzed
took over his duties
20 th Amendment -1933
Section 1 - Term of new President begins
at noon on January 2oth

Section 2 - Congress must assemble once


in every year. January 3

Section 3 - IF the President Elect Dies


the Vice President elect becomes
President.
Historic Circumstances
20th Amendment
1932 Nation was struggling w the
Great Depression FDR was elected over
HerbertHoover b c he had better ideas to
the Great r
Hooveremained in
get over Depression
office and didnothingabout it
23rd Amendment - 1961
Washington DC gets electoral votes in the
electoral college equal to the number they
would get if they were a state.
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the
United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may
direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to
the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to
which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event
more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those
appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes
of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors District
and perform such other duties as prescribed in the twelfth article of
amendment.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article using
appropriate legislation.”
Historic Circumstances

23rd Amendment

I 800 District of Columbia lacked a local


Gov't and wasn't given the right to vote but
all residents were still required to
payfederaltaxes
and be drafted into the military
Changes Brought About By Amendments
1. As advancements in transportation made it
easier to get to D.C. this Amendment was added. Z Oth
2. In the election of 1800 there was a tie between

12 th
Jefferson and Burr. This amendment sought to
prevent this from happening again by having
president and vice elected on separate ballots

2 5th
3. President JFK was assassinated. This amendments
was added to address future vacancies.

4. As the population of D.C. exceeded that of the


smallest state residents demanded the right to
choose the President in the Electoral College
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