How long did it take for the Thirteenth Amendment to be ratified by state legislatures after it was passed by Congress?

less than six months

less than a year

more than a year

more than two years

Question

How long did it take for the Thirteenth Amendment to be ratified by state legislatures after it was passed by Congress?



less than six months 

less than a year

more than a year

more than two years

phebe · Answer

It was ratified in less than a year.

phebe · Answer

so B

anonymous · Answer

Actually the last state to ratify the 13th amendment was Mississippi, which didn't ratify it until February 7th, 2013 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/

anonymous · Answer

Actually .... The 13th amendment which states neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction passed"... was passed by the congress on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and was finally ratified on December 6, 1865.. It took a little less than a year

anonymous · Answer

actually @pflorido lol jk, then whats all this on google about Mississippi's delayed ratification due to some technicality?

phebe · Answer

so im wrong??

anonymous · Answer

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-148-years-mississippi-finally-ratifies-13th-amendment-which-banned-slavery/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/18/mississippi-13th-amendment_n_2712289.html @Phebe @pflorido

phebe · Answer

so i was right or wrong?

anonymous · Answer

Ok this is us history tho