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1. After the Civil War to be readmitted to the Union formerly Rebel States had to ratify this amendment to the Constitution.

 
 
 
 

2. At the start of the Civil War, during its conversion to a warship, the riverboat A. O. Tyler was covered in this.

 
 
 
 

3. In 1793, Thomas Paine was arrested in Paris on this charge.