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10 amendments
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Without understanding the past, one cannot fully understand the present or identify where the future might be going – particularly when it comes to government.
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The tenth amendment addresses the jurisdiction of the federal government and the state governments. Powers that are not explicitly granted to the federal government will fall onto the state governments to uphold. The 10th amendment was also ratified in December of 1791 as a was the last amendment in a bill to rights. The amendment establishes rights to those who were considered to be citizens as the nation was forming.
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On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, is ratified. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” With these words, the […]
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