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Ethan Bassett studies Political Science and Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University. He has been working on The Quill Project since 2020 and has contributed to the Wyoming and Illinois State Convention Projects. He is passionate about the promotion of constitutional literacy.
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Description: An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
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Description: An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
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Description: The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.
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Description: Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
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Description: Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
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Description: Following the rejected 'Sioux Falls' Convention of 1885, the South Dakota Convention met and began the drafting process in July of 1889. They used the articles of the Sioux Falls Convention as starting propositions to begin the amendment process. The South Dakota Constitution was ratified in October 1889.
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Description: The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property began on July 16, 1889 and dissolved on July 31, 1889. It allowed for delegates from both the North and South Conventions to meet in Bismarck and negotiate the splitting of the Territory of Dakota.
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