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Teaching American History

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Dec 1, 2025
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What legal rights did indentured servants have compared to enslaved people in colonial America?

Indentured servants in colonial America generally had legally defined, time-limited contracts, could in principle sue, and—if they completed terms—become free; enslaved people were treated as permanen...

Nov 25, 2025
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What were the key congressional debates leading to the 22nd Amendment?

Congress approved the text that became the 22nd Amendment in March 1947 and the states completed ratification on February 27, 1951; the vote coalition was Republicans plus several Southern Democrats a...

Jan 15, 2026

What specific provisions of the Enforcement Acts (1870–71) authorized federal civil suits and writs to remove disqualified officeholders under Section 3?

The Enforcement Act of 1870 authorized federal removal of officeholders disqualified by Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment chiefly by empowering federal prosecutors to pursue writs of quo warranto ...