You will research the following Constitutional Amendments: 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th.  You will need to discover the effect these amendments had on the people living when they were enacted and on you now.

Sources: Constitutional Amendments (http://www.alexandriacentral.org/amendments/amendments.html)

1.       Research the 16th Amendment. 

a.      What did the 16th Amendment say?

b.     What did it mean?

c.      What effect did it have?

d.      Why was it enacted?

Source:

Interactive Constitution: 16th Amendment (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=185&const=23_amd_16)

 

2.     Research the 17th Amendment. 

a.      What did the 17th Amendment say?

b.     What did it mean?

c.      What effect did it have?

d.      Why was it enacted?

Source:

Interactive Constitution: 17th Amendment (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=187&const=24_amd_17)

 

3.          Research the 18th Amendment. 

a.      What did the 18th Amendment say?

b.     What did it mean?

c.      What effect did it have?

d.      Why was it enacted?

e.      Which amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and why?

Source:

Interactive Constitution: 18th Amendment (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=191&const=25_amd_18)

Interactive Constitution: 21st Amendment (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=204&const=28_amd_21)

4.     Research the 19th Amendment. 

a.      What did the 19th Amendment say?

b.     What did it mean?

c.      What effect did it have?

d.      Why was it enacted?

Source:

America’s Story: The Nineteenth Amendment (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/19tham_1)

Interactive Constitution: 19th Amendment (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=195&const=26_amd_19)

The Charter’s of Freedom: The Constitution, The 19th Amendment (http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/19th_amendment.html)