The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands.
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.
The 14th Amendment guaranteed African Americans citizenship rights and promised that the federal government would enforce “equal protection of the laws.”
The 15th Amendment stated that no one could be denied the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude.”
Polytheists. Polly meaning "many" and theists meaning "of god"
