Amendments Timeline/ GABRIEL GALVEZ

  • 13th Amendment

    The 13th amendment abolished all Slavery.
  • 14th Amendment

    The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War.
  • 15th Amendment

    The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
  • 16th Amendment

    The 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax.
  • 18th Amendment

    The 18th Amendment Is Ratified, Prohibition of Alcohol Becomes Law.
  • 19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
  • 21st Amendment

    The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.