an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
★ The British took control of the former Boer lands and took all of the diamonds and gold. The British then created the Union of South Africa which gave some Africans the right to vote.