History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1984 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Four Constitutions
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The idea
Kansas produced four constitutions in its early years as a territory, each written by a different faction claiming to speak for its people.
In practice
The Topeka Constitution, which would have made Kansas free-soil.
Where people slip
Four constitutions is the measure of the failure. A procedure meant to settle the question generated four incompatible answers to it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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