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ineligible for public office; states which denied voting rights to qualified citizens would have their representation in Congress reduced; conferred “dual” citizenship (both of the United States and of a specific state) on all citizens (1868) • Extended voting rights to blacks (1870) • Legalized income tax (1913) • Provided for the direct election of senators (1913) • Prohibited the general manufacture, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages (1919) • Extended voting rights to women (1920) • Changed inauguration date from March 4 to January 20; eliminated the “lame duck” session of Congress (after the November elections) (1933) • Repealed the eighteenth amendment • Limited presidents to 2 terms (1951) • Gave presidential electoral vote to the District of Columbia (1961) • Prohibited poll taxes (1964) • Changed the order of the presidential line of succession and provided guidelines for presidential disability (1967) • Extended voting rights to 18-year-olds (1967) • Restricted the practice of congressional salary adjustment (1992) 7.16 Separation and Limitation Of Powers Powers reserved for the Federal Government only: • Foreign Commerce regulation • Interstate commerce regulation • Mint money • Create and establish post offices • Regulate naturalization and immigration • Grant copyrights and patents • Declare and wage war, declare peace. • To admit new states • Fix standards for weights and measures • Raise and maintain an army and navy • Govern the federal city (Washington, DC) • Conduct relations with foreign powers • Universalize bankruptcy Laws

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