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Constitutional Amendment (view source)
Revision as of 22:38, November 13, 2009
, 22:38, November 13, 2009Started on descriptions of amendments.
# [[Eleventh Amendment]]
# [[Eleventh Amendment]]
# [[Twelfth Amendment]]
# [[Twelfth Amendment]]
# [[Thirteenth Amendment]]
# [[Thirteenth Amendment]] abolished [[slavery]].
# [[Fourteenth Amendment]]
# [[Fourteenth Amendment]] extended the [[Bill of Rights]] to apply against the states.
# [[Fifteenth Amendment]]
# [[Fifteenth Amendment]] gave [[African-Americans]] the [[sufferage|right to vote]].
# [[Sixteenth Amendment]]
# [[Sixteenth Amendment]] allowed an [[income tax]].
# [[Seventeenth Amendment]]
# [[Seventeenth Amendment]] had [[United States Senate|senators]] be elected by the people, instead of by the state legislatures.
# [[Eighteenth Amendment]]
# [[Eighteenth Amendment]] prohibited [[alcohol]]ic beverages. This amendment was repealed by the [[Twenty-First Amendment]].
# [[Nineteenth Amendment]]
# [[Nineteenth Amendment]] gave women the [[sufferage|right to vote]].
# [[Twentieth Amendment]]
# [[Twentieth Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-First Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-First Amendment]] repealed the [[Eighteenth Amendment]]. This is the only time an amendment was specifically repealed by name.
# [[Twenty-Second Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Second Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Third Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Third Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Fifth Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Fifth Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Sixth Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Sixth Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Seventh Amendment]]
# [[Twenty-Seventh Amendment]] prohibited Congress from immediately raising its own pay. This amendment was originally proposed as part of the Bill of Rights but only ratified in 1992.
===Unratified===
===Unratified===
# First article of the Bill of Rights, 1789, would have regulated the size of Congressional districts.
# First article of the Bill of Rights, 1789, would have regulated the size of Congressional districts.
# Titles of Nobility Amendment, 1810
# Titles of Nobility Amendment, 1810, would have revoked the [[citizenship]] of anyone who accepted a foreign [[title of nobility]].
# [[Corwin Amendment]], 1861, would have prohibited the government from abolishing slavery.
# [[Corwin Amendment]], 1861, would have prohibited the government from abolishing slavery.
# Child Labor Amendment, 1926, would have allowed the government to regulate the labor of minors.
# Child Labor Amendment, 1926, would have allowed the government to regulate the labor of minors.
# Equal Rights Amendment, 1972
# [[Equal Rights Amendment]], 1972, would have prohibited the government from differentiating between men and women.
# DC Statehood Amendment, 1978
# DC Representation Amendment, 1978, would have given the [[District of Columbia]] representation in Congress.
[[category:law]]
[[category:law]] [[Category:United_States_Constitution]]