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1. constitutioncenter.org › media › filesTHE 27 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

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   Over time, the American people have used this amendment process to transform the Constitution by adding a Bill of Rights, abolishing slavery, promising freedom and equality, and extending the right to vote to women and African Americans. All told, we have ratified 27 constitutional amendments across American history.

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   The several state legislatures ratified the first ten amendments to the Constitution on the following dates: New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Caro- lina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790;

3. uscode.house.gov › static › constitutionCONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—1787 - House

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   SECTION 1. All legislative Powers herein grant-ed shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. 1This text of the Constitution follows the engrossed copy signed by Gen. Washington and the deputies from 12 States.

4. www.civiced.org › pdfs › historical_documentsAmendments to the United States Constitution

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   Amendments to the United States Constitution. Amendment I. Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.

5. www.constituteproject.org › constitution › UnitedUnited States of America's Constitution of 1789 with ...

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   The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the quali cations requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

6. www.loc.gov › documents › constitutionThe Constitution of The United States - Library of Congress

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   blish this constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I—SECTION 1. 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. l. The House Of Representatives Shall be composed Of members chosen every second year

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   When was the 17th Amendment ratified?

   • The seventeenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-second Congress on the 13th of May, 1912, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 31st of May, 1913, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States.

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   How many amendments did the United States enact?

   • We can divide these amendments into four different periods of constitutional reform: 1791 – 1804 Gave us our first 12 amendments, including the Bill of Rights. 1865 – 1870 Gave us three transformational amendments that many scholars refer to as our nation’s “Second Founding.” These are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

   THE 27 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

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   What is Amendment 14 Section 2 of the Constitution?

   • Note: Amendment 14, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 1 of the 26th amendment. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. Section 2.

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   What does the constitution say about the United States?

   • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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