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The Fourteenth Amendment saved the country from a series of calamities that might have been more disastrous even than the Civil War.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The Fourteenth Amendment saved the country from a series of calamities that might have been more disastrous even than…”
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Boutwell argues that the Fourteenth Amendment was crucial in preventing potential disasters following the Civil War.
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