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Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.  

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.  

This was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification in 1869, and ratified in 1870.  This was the last of the [[Reconstruction]] amendments after the Civil War.  There would not be any new amendments until the 20th century.

This was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification in 1869, and ratified in 1870.  This was the last of the [[Reconstruction]] amendments after the Civil War.  There would not be any new amendments until the 20th century.