29 rows Thirty-three amendments to the United States Constitution have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4 1789. Massachusetts March 12 1869.
18 rows This page is a list of the amendments to the United States Constitution.
Us amendments list. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Prohibits Congress and the states from establishing quotas for admissions hiring or any other reason using race gender or anything other than actual skill and ability. Titles of Nobility Amendment.
Rights to Religion Speech Press Assembly Petition. Bill of Rights XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII. The several state legislatures ratified the Fifteenth Amendment on the following dates.
Since 1789 the Constitution has been amended 27 times. The United States Constitution now has 25 functioning amendments. Prohibits laws respecting an establishment of religion and protects freedoms of religion speech and the press and the rights to assemble peaceably and petition the government.
Some of the amendments protect individual rights by limiting the powers of the government while others have made changes to the institutional structures and procedures that were originally established by the Constitution. Louisiana March 5 1869 date on which it was approved by the Governor. 28 rows 1st Amendment.
Freedom of religion speech petition and assembly. The 16th 17th and 26th Amendments are repealed 29. Since its ratification in June 1788 there have been 27 amendments to the United States Constitution.
Requires currency backed in gold silver platinum palladium and forbids any fiat currency or fractional reserve banking 30. Illinois March 5 1869. Prohibits establishment of a central bank.
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment. United States Constitution Preamble Article I Article II Article III Article IV Article V Article VI Article VII Amendments. National Archives Washington DC.
Michigan March 5 1869. Twenty-seven of these having been ratified by the requisite number of states are part of the Constitution. West Virginia March 3 1869.
Nevada March 1 1869. Wisconsin March 5 1869. The First Amendment famously protects freedom of speech.
The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known. There have been 27 ratified in total but one of these the 18th was Prohibition and another the 21st was the repeal of Prohibition. Here are the 27 amendments to the US Constitution ranging from personal rights to procedural laws including their history and the lasting impact theyve left on the United States.
North Carolina March 5 1869. Maine March 11 1869. Protects the peoples right to keep and bear arms Third Amendment.
The United States Bill of Rights. South Carolina March 15. Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.
Of those amendments the first 10 are collectively known as the Bill of Rights and were certified on December 15 1791.
