Across
- 1. Abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States. This amendment was later repealed (taken back/erased).
- 2. Requires that any law that increases the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election
- 3. Ensures that race cannot be used as the criterion for voting.
- 4. Even further clarifies the line of succession to the Presidency and establishes rules for a President who cannot perform his duties while in office.
- 5. Redefines how the Electoral College chooses the President and Vice-President, making the two positions cooperative rather than first and second-highest vote-getters.
- 7. Clearly defines the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction concerning a suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state.
- 10. Abolished slavery in the United States.
- 11. Limits the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms
- 12. Ensured that all citizens of all states had not only rights on the federal level but on the state level, too. It removed the three-fifths counting of slaves in the census. It ensured that the United States would not pay the debts of rebellious states.
Down
- 1. Authorizes the United States to collect income tax without regard to the states' population.
- 2. Ensured no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office.
- 3. Ensures that gender cannot be used as the criterion for voting. Simply said: women can now vote.
- 4. Guarantees that any person 18 or over may vote.
- 6. Repealed the 18th Amendment.
- 8. Shifted the choosing of Senators from the state legislatures to the people of the states.
- 9. Grants the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) the right to three electors in Presidential elections.
- 11. Set new start dates for the terms of the Congress and the President, and clarified how the deaths of Presidents before swearing-in would be handled.