The Free exercise clause of the first amendment best described as it prevents the government from creating a nationally recognized religion.
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According to the first clause of the constitution of the United States of America, in the constitution, the free exercise clauses allow an individual to practice his/ her religion without any restriction.
It also means that the state or the government shall not frame laws which aim at prohibiting the act of practising one’s religion. However this clause have been subjected to multiple interpretations. For example, even if some religions needed sacrifice, the state does not permit it.
Answer: d. Lincoln refused to sign into law.
Explanation:
Abraham Lincoln wanted to reunite the country with as little hassle as possible towards to end of the Civil War and proposed that 10% of the white males in Confederate states take loyalty oaths for their states to be readmitted and also for those states to permanently free enslaved people.
Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis thought these requirements too mild and proposed that 50% of males take the loyalty oaths and grant blacks the right to vote. Congress preferred this and passed this bill but President Lincoln vetoed it by refusing to sign.
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