The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.
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The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
The Slave Abolition Act was passed and came into effect the following year on August 1.
The French parliament passed a law that fully separated all activities of the church and the state.
Great Britain passed the Molasses Act.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.
