US History Final

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Across
  1. 7. Lowered the voting age to 18 years old for all elections, federal, state, and local.
  2. 8. Applies the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states, ensuring that state governments cannot deprive people of life, liberty, or property without due process.
  3. 9. Grants the residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.
  4. 11. Prohibition on quartering soldiers
  5. 12. Prohibits the use of poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
  6. 14. Rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions
  7. 16. Prevents citizens from suing their own state in federal court without the state's consent.
  8. 18. Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $20.
  9. 21. Due process, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, eminent domain
  10. 23. Grants women the right to vote in all elections.
  11. 24. Reserves all powers not granted to the federal government to the states or the people.
  12. 25. Provides for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people, rather than by state legislatures.
  13. 26. Prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments on people, such as torture or disproportionately harsh sentences.
Down
  1. 1. Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
  2. 2. Grants the federal government the power to levy an income tax.
  3. 3. Right to bear arms
  4. 4. Protections for religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
  5. 5. Establishes the process for electing the President and Vice President, including the use of the Electoral College.
  6. 6. Limits the president to two elected terms in office.
  7. 9. Establishes procedures for determining the president's ability to discharge the duties of the office, and for the vice president to become acting president.
  8. 10. Shortens the time between a presidential election and the new president taking office, and sets the date for the beginning of the new Congress.
  9. 13. Recognizes that people have additional rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.
  10. 15. Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending the nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
  11. 17. Prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.
  12. 19. Prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives.
  13. 20. Prohibits the government from denying the right to vote based on a person's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  14. 22. Protections against unreasonable search and seizure