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U.S. Constitution was adopted
7 original articles:
Preamble
Articles 1 to 3 - Seperation of powers (Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary)
Article 4 - Federlism (State)
Article 5 - Amending the Consitution
Article 6 - Federalism (National)
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Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights contains the first 10 Amendments:
1st - Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition
2nd - Right to bear arms.
3rd - Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
4th - No unreasonable search or arrest.
5th - No double jeopardy or witness against ourselves
6th - Rights of accused
7th - Trial by jury
8th - No excessive bail or cruel punishment
9th - People get rights not listed in Constitution
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The 11th Amendment was ratified
The 11th Amendment: Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity. Joint Resolution Proposing the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
3/4/1794
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The 12th Amendment was ratified
The 12th Amendment: Revises presidential election procedures. John Adams. Copy of painting by or after John Singleton Copley, circa 1783.
ca. 1783
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The 13th Amendment was ratified
The 13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Scars of Slavery -- Peter - Baton Rouge, LA
4/2/1863
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The 14th Amendment was ratified
The 14th Amendment: Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues. -
The 15th Amendment was ratified
The 15th Amendment: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
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African-American Civil Rights Movement
Plessy v. Ferguson (1986)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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The 16th Amendment was ratified
The 16th Amendment: Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
The 17th Amendment was ratified
The 17th Amendment: Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Joint Resolution Proposing the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
5/13/1912
General Records of the United States Government
National Archives Identifier: 1408966
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The 18th Amendment was ratified
The 18th Amendment: Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
(Repealed December 5, 1933) Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the prohibition era
Records of the U.S. Information Agency
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The 19th Amendment was ratified
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. ca. 1917 - 1918
Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs
National Archives Identifier: 533769
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The 20th Amendment was ratified
The 20th Amendment: Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin. The Post-Season Parade
3/5/1915
Records of the U.S. Senate
National Archives Identifier: 1693335
Cartoon highlights the biennial departure of “lame duck” members of Congress—those who are departing Capitol Hill after losing their bid for reelection. Departing members continued to serve for months after the election. -
The 21th Amendment was ratified
The 21st Amendment: 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. -
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The 22th Amendment was ratified
The 22nd Amendment: 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. -
The 23th Amendment was ratified
The 23rd Amendment: Grants the Washington DC electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College. Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
1/6/1960
General Records of the United States Government
National Archives Identifier: 1411868
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The 24th Amendment was ratified
The 24th Amendment: Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax. -
The 25th Amendment was ratified
The 25th Amendment: 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. Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
7/6/1965
General Records of the United States Government
National Archives Identifier: 1415077
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The 26th Amendment was ratified
The 26th Amendment: Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. Richard M. Nixon’s Notes for 26th Amendment Ceremony
7/5/1971
White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 1634228
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The 27th Amendment was ratified
The 27th Amendment: Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. Certification of the 27th Amendment
5/18/1992
General Records of the United States Government
National Archives Identifier: 1512313
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Certification of 27th Amendment
This document is verification from the Archivist of the United States that the 27th Amendment was ratified.appropriate number of states. This
