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Twenty-second Amendment
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the presidency, declaring that “No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice.”
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Shelly v. Kraemer
In Shelly v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court reinforced the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of “equal protection of the laws" when it ruled that state courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. The amendment prohibited poll taxes for federal elections, which had often been imposed by state and local governments to prevent African Americans from voting.
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Equal Rights Amendment approved in Congress
Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, which declared that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridge by the United States or any State on account of sex,” but the amendment was never ratified.
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Twenty-sixth Amendment
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting the right to vote to any citizen at least eighteen years of age.
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Slavery in the New York State census, 1800
