Evening journal., 1919-09-13

ton, nor prohibited BY it to the states
o. What arc Amendments Eleven anC
Twelve?
A. The Eleventh construes the judi
oial power OF the United states, anC
The Twelfth gives in detail The manner
Of choosing the president and vice
president.
! Twelfth Lesson.
O. What is the important provision
OF the Thirteenth Amendment?
A. II abolishes slavery in The United
/ states.
@. How does the Constitution COM
pei the states TO deal justly with its
citizens?
A. The Fourteenth Amendment for
bids the states making or enforcing
any laws abrdgIng the privileges or i'm
munities OF citizens, or deprving any
person Of life. liberty or property With
out due process Of law or denying to
any person the equal protection Of
laws
Q. How is the freedom Of the ballot
preserved?
A. IN the Fifteenth Amendment IL Is
provided that the right Of citizens Of
the tinted states TO vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United states
or by any state on account Of race,
color or previous condition Of servi-
tude.
O.. When and why were the Four
teenu and Fifteenth Amendments
adopted?
A. They were adopted just after the
end OF the Civil War and were designed
TO protect the Negroes who had been
granted freedom and citizenship. Their
broad provision, however, apply TO The
people OF every race who become cili-
zens Of This republic.
O. Are individual incomes now taxed?
A. Yes, because the sixteenth Amend
ment proclaimed February p. 1913 au-
ihorized taxes 10 be levied and collected
upon incomes
Q. Why was this amendment adopted?
A. Because the original Constitution
declared that mo capiiailon or other
direct tax shall BE- laid unless in pro-
portion to the population When an in
come tax law enacted by Congress was
declared unconstitutional by the Su-
premo Court OF the United States. !hc
people amended The Constitution.
O Arc United states Senators new
elected by direct popular vote?
A. As previously stated the seven
teenlh Amendment. ratified May 81
1913. provides for the election of United
States Senator's by direct popular vote
0 What is the Eighteenth md last
Amendment?
A. 70 Is known ne the prohibition
amendment II provides that one Year
after its ratification, the manufacture. /
sale-or transportation Of lntoX,cating F.
liquors within, the importation the9'o'
10. or the expectation thereof from, the
United states and all territory subject |
10 The jurisdiction thereof for oeer1g) |
purposes. Is hereby prohibited This /
amendment has been ratified by re |
Legislatures of three -fourlhs OF The |
States and VIII take effect on January |
i6 1920.
o What Is the second section OF tn.s
A. THE Congress and the several !
States shall have concurrent power io
enforce this article by appropriate leg
islatiou"
O. What lesson is 10 be learned from
these amendments?
A That the Constitution Is not an ar
hitrsry, Interchangeable document but
can he adapted TO meet new conditions |
whenever the people so decide
Q. Why should the Constitution he 1
upheld?
A. Because under its wise provisions |
the United states has developed into a
great nation Of happy and prosperous
people because II contains sacred guar
antecs Of protection for the individual;
and because u affords freedom and op- 4
norhnity for every citizen. whether ma
'ive-born or naluralized American citi- n
,enship securely resls upon iis firm