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The Amendments to the US Constitution

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  • Original Bill of Rights Adopted - Amendments 1-10

    The original amendments of the constitution are adopted.

  • 11th Amendment Added

    Sovereign Immunity

  • 12th Amendment Added

    Revises presidential election procedures.

  • 13th Amendment Added

    Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

  • 14th Amendment Added

    Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.

  • 15th Amendment Added

    Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

  • 16th Amendment Added

    Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

  • 17th Amendment Added

    Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

  • 18th Amendment Added

    Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.

  • 19th Amendment Added

    Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.

  • 20th Amendment Added

    Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.

  • 21st Amendment Added

    Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws.

  • 22nd Amendment Added

    Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.

  • 23rd Amendment Added

    Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.

  • 24th Amendment Added

    Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax.

  • 25th Amendment Added

    Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

  • 26th Amendment Added

    Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.

  • 27th Amendment Added

    Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.