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Passed by Congress: March 4, 1794
Ratified: February 7, 1795

Restricts the ability of individuals to bring suit against states in federal court

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Passed by Congress: December 9, 1803
Ratified: June 15, 1804

Requires a person to receive a majority of the electoral votes for the VP. If no candidate for VP has a majority of the total votes, the Senate (each senator having one vote) chooses the VP.

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Passed by the Senate: April 8, 1864
Passed by House: January 31, 1865
Ratified: December 6, 1865

Abolished slavery with the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction due to the aftermath of the Civil War.

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Passed by the Senate: June 8, 1866
Ratified: July 9, 1868

Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. This includes formerly enslaved people and provided all citizens with equal protection under the laws.

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Passed by Congress: February 26, 1869
Ratified: February 3, 1870

Granted all African American men the right to vote. All races in the United States was guaranteed a vote in governmental elections.

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Passed by Congress: July 2, 1909
Ratified: February 3, 1913

Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes on income, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several state, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

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Passed by Congress: May 13, 1912
Ratified: April 8, 1913

Before, senators were selected by state legislatures, that allowed party bosses to much influences. This amendment Allowed voters of each state to directly elect their senators.

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Passed by Congress: December 18, 1917
Ratified: January 16, 1919

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicator liquors but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption.

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Passed by Congress: June 4, 1919
Ratified: August 18, 1920

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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Passed by Congress March 2, 1932. Ratified January 23, 1933.
Section 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

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Passed by Congress February 20, 1933. Ratified December 5, 1933.

Section 1.
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

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Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.

Section 1.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

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Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.

Section 1.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

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Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964.

Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

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Passed by Congress July 6, 1965. Ratified February 10, 1967.

Note: Article II, section 1, of the Constitution was affected by the 25th amendment.

Section 1.
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

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Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971.

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.

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Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992.

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.