The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of "progressivism," since these were all meant to give African Americans more rights in the United States.
I believe they used the same materials and same patterns and designs. They combined their ways of building as well.
A written legal code would be am improvement over an oral set of laws because citizens may forget laws, depending on how much there are. Having them written, where everyone can read it, may help them better understand and remember the acts/laws.
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