Since the original 10 amendments, or the Bill of Rights, 17 more amendments have been passed. These include:

• Amendment XIII, ratified on December 6, 1865, which abolished slavery.
• Amendment XV, ratified on February 3, 1870, which states that "the right of the citizens…to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." (Although the Fifteenth Amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race, it would be 50 more years before women could vote.)
• Amendment XIX, ratified on August 8, 1920, which states that “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,” thus giving women the right to vote.

Only one amendment, Amendment XVIII, ratified on January 6, 1919, prohibiting "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" was ever repealed; this was during a period of our nation’s history known as Prohibition when drinking alcohol became illegal. Amendment XXI, ratified on December 5, 1933, was the amendment that repealed Amendment XVIII.