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  2. Freedom of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most states interpret "freedom of religion" as including the freedom of long-established religious communities to remain intact and not be destroyed. By extension, democracies interpret "freedom of religion" as the right of each individual to freely choose to convert from one religion to another, mix religions, or abandon religion altogether.

  3. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government. September 25, 1789: December 15, 1791: 2 years, 81 days 2nd [13] Protects the right to keep and bear arms. September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791 2 years, 81 days 3rd [14] Restricts the quartering of soldiers in ...

  4. Reconstruction Amendments - Wikipedia

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    The Reconstruction Amendments, or the Civil War Amendments, are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870. [1] The amendments were a part of the implementation of the Reconstruction of the American South which occurred after the Civil War .

  5. Reconstruction era - Wikipedia

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    The first plan for legal reconstruction was introduced by Lincoln in his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, the so-called "ten percent plan" under which a loyal unionist state government would be established when ten percent of its 1860 voters pledged an oath of allegiance to the Union, with a complete pardon for those who pledged such ...

  6. Ten percent plan - Wikipedia

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    A component of President Lincoln's plans for the postwar reconstruction of the South, this proclamation decreed that a state in rebellion against the U.S. federal government could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by Emancipation. [1]

  7. Separation of church and state in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Yet the provisions of state constitutions protected religious liberty, particularly the so-called freedom of conscience. During the nineteenth century (and before the incorporation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution through the Fourteenth Amendment), litigants turned to these provisions to challenge Sunday laws ( blue laws ), bible ...

  8. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the winter of 1636, former Puritan leader Roger Williams was expelled from Massachusetts. He argued for freedom of religion, writing "God requireth not an uniformity of Religion to be inacted and enforced in any civill state." [38] Williams later founded Rhode Island on the principle of religious freedom. He welcomed people of religious ...

  9. Freedom of religion - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.