History of the United States I / Unit 17 USH1 2408 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Three Amendments in Five Years
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The idea
The Thirteenth was ratified in eighteen sixty-five, the Fourteenth in eighteen sixty-eight and the Fifteenth in eighteen seventy, after sixty-one years without any amendment at all.
In practice
The Thirteenth being the first amendment added since eighteen oh four.
Where people slip
A Constitution unamended in a lifetime was amended three times in five years. The clustering is the point.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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