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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed on February 3, 1870.
February 3, 1870.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment.
Slavery was officially abolished in New Jersey in 1804. This occurred through legislation that gradually phased out slavery in the state.
A.Fifteenth Amendment A.Gave vote to former slaves B.Nineteenth Amendment B.Gave vote to women C.Twenty-sixth Amendment C.Gave vote to 18-year-olds
In 1789, the same year the Constitution was made. The 1st amendment is in the Bill of Rights, and many states refused to even ratify the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added.
It was first discussed in 1868, under President Ulysses S. Grant. It passed Congress in 1869 and was ratified by the states in 1870.
Beginning with the 23rd Amendment, Congress has imposed a seven year limit upon the time in which the requisite number of states (75%) must approve/ratify an amendment in order for it to become effective. However, this time limit is not Constitutional in nature and could be modified or dropped with the promulgation of any new amendments. Prior to 1917, there was no deadline for states to ratify amendments.
The Ninth Amendment became part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791 upon ratification by three-fourths of the states.
The 27th Amendment, it took 202 years, 7 months and 12 days for the 27th amendment to be ratified. It was initially submitted to state legislatures for ratification on September 25, 1789 and was completed on May 7, 1992.
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The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, proposed in 1789, was ratified in 1992. It reads:No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.