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1992 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary
1990 Namibia's constitution ratified 1988 Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles 1987 Suriname constitution ratified 1987 United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified 1972 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified 1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for president 1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms 1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified 1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia 1933 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed 1919 Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th 1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified 1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified 1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified) 1899 Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified 1868 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1865 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished 1865 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery 1834 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified 1804 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president 1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed 1795 11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, affirms power of states 1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1648 Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified |
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