History quiz
Amendments to the US Constitution
The Constitution has been amended 27 times. For each subject, pick the amendment that did it.
- Format
- Pick the answer
- Items
- 14 questions
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Questions
- 14
- Options
- 4 each
- Time limit
- None
- Click an option, or press 1 to 4.
- A short note follows every answer.
- Enter moves to the next question.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
About this quiz
The first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, were ratified together on December 15, 1791. Seventeen more have followed, the latest in 1992.
- Congress proposed 12 amendments in 1789; ten were ratified in 1791 as the Bill of Rights.
- The 27th Amendment, on pay for members of Congress, was proposed in 1789 and ratified on May 7, 1992.
- The 18th Amendment is the only one to have been repealed, by the 21st.
- The 26th Amendment was ratified in 1971, the same year Congress passed it.
Sources
- [1]National Archives. The Bill of Rights: A Transcription.
- [2]National Archives. The Constitution: Amendments 11 to 27.
Note on the data. The wording and subject of each amendment, and the dates each was passed and ratified, were checked against the National Archives transcriptions of the Bill of Rights and of Amendments 11 to 27 on 3 October 2026.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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