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How many states were in the union when the second amendment was passed?
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∙ 16y ago
there was 14 states in the union and 11 out of the 14 had to pass it.
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After the civil war ended the government wrote the 13th amendment which ended?
The 13th amendment was passed by the end of Civil War before the Southern states had been restored back to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress.
How many states were in the The 18th Amendment to the Constitution which prohibited the sale of alcohol was passed in 1919 when there were only 48 States in the Union What was the minimum number o?
none
Does the 14th amendment forbid states to secede from the union?
yes. the 14th amendment does not forbid the states to secede from the union.
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution which prohibited the sale of alcohol was passed in 1919 when there were only 48 States in the Union What was the minimum number of States that were needed to?
36 states out of 48 actually it was 46 out of 48
What did the thirteenth amendment established?
it provided freedom for the slaves in the confederated states that had been fighting however, it did not free them in the neutral states such as Kentucky or Maryland. this was done because England and France were helping the confederates and if those countries had allied with the confederate states the union might have lost the civil war
What does the thirteenth amendment do and why is it so important?
The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, or approved, in 1864 by states loyal to the Union. It was this amendment that truly freed enslaved Americans.
What is Abraham Lincoln's greatest achievement?
Saving the Union, and his continued efforts torwards the abolition of slavery, which led to the 13th Amendment being passed by both Houses, and ratified by 3/4 of the States. (after he was killed).
What was the corwin amendment?
The Corwin Amendment was passed by a lame duck Congress on March 2, 1861, with the apparently futile aim to forestall the US Civil War. It proposes that no Constitutional amendment could be passed that restricted state laws on "domestic institutions" specifically the abolition of slavery. Since this was effectively done by the subsequently ratified 13th Amendment (1865), the Corwin amendment would likely be considered moot. By the time of of its passage, seven Southern states had seceded from the Union, and despite being the ones that would have benefitted from it, ignored the amendment. Only two Northern states (possibly three) ratified the amendment, and Ohio later rescinded its ratification.
What year did Abraham Lincoln ended slavery?
Abraham Lincoln did not end slavery, per Se. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. In 1863. President Lincoln wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal in the Southern States, which had seceded from the Union (11 in total.) The 13th Amendment was passed in December of 1864.
What was the law passed in Florida based on amendment two?
The Florida Marriage Amendment, also known as Proposition 2 and The Marriage Protection Amendment, is a constitutional amendment to the Florida Constitution The ballot language says, "This amendment protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized."This proposition passed 62% to 38%.
Which act foreced states to accept the fourteenth amendment in order to hoin the union?
the Reconstruction Act
Legislation passed by states that barred union-shop agreements?
right to work laws
