The document discusses several amendments to the US Constitution: - The 11th Amendment protects states from legal claims from citizens of other states or foreign entities. - The 12th Amendment established the electoral college system for electing the President. - The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude across the US. - The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection and due process under the law for all citizens. - The 22nd Amendment established term limits for the President of two 4-year terms.

1. The Amendments to the United
States Constitution
http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution#
http://www.nuttyhistory.com/27-amendments.html

2. Eleventh Amendment
This stick figure drawing may be silly but it is the most simple way of understanding this
amendment. Essentially, the 11th amendment protects the individual states from being
prosecuted by foreigners or citizens of another state.
1. How does this amendment relate to the debates during the Federalist and Anti-
Federalist debate in the Constitutional Convention?
2. What problems, if any, do you forsee this amendment potentially causing?

3. Twelfth Amendment
This map shows the proportions of electorates from state-to-state. The 12th Amendment
lays the ground work for the electoral college, meaning that your vote is actually choosing
an electorate, who is then voting for President. The number of electorates per state is the
number of Representatives + the number of Senators.
1) How does this amendment relate to the New Jersey plan and the Great Compromise?
2) What are the potential downsides to the electoral college, and who will feel the
effects of those downsides?
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4. Thirteenth Amendment
This was a hugely important amendment for one clear and obvious reason; it abolished
slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States outside of punishments for crime.
It was ratified in 1865 at the end of the Civil War.
1) What important historical document and speech does this amendment resemble,
and how do they both support the Preamble?
2) What do you think the immediate effects of this amendment, on both former slaves
and former slave owners, could have been?

5. Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th Amendment is one people often point to in political discussion. It ensures
the rights of all American citizens to due process of law and equal protection under
that law.
1) How does this amendment relate to the mission laid out in the Preamble (use
specific lines)?
2) Do you think this at all contradicts or disagrees with the Eleventh Amendment?
If so, how?

6. Twenty-Second Amendment
In 1947, this amendment laid out the term limits for the President. Just as it is today, no
president can serve more than two terms of four years, and they can either be relected
after the first four years, or someone else can be elected at that time.
1) How does this amendment align with the Anti-Federalism values of 1787, and the
post-revolution America?
2) What is your opinion on these term limits? Too long? Too short? Not necessary at all?
Explain your answer.

7. Amendments 15-21, 23-27
The rest of the amendments, while important,
are less related to the history we learned in
this unit. Look through them still on the link
posted on the intro slide, and for extra credit
draw any connections you see between those
amendments and the topics discussed in this
unit. (particularly Federalism vs Anti-
Federalism, large government vs small
government)