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title: Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
author: Unknown Author
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# Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
_Authored by Unknown Author_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21918.jpg)
## Image Caption
*Mending the Family Kettle*, wood engraving appearing in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper*, 16 June 1866.
In this political cartoon, Columbia, the female national personification of the United States, holds in her arms a newborn representing the Fourteenth Amendment, a constitutional amendment that had just been sent to the states for ratification. Eager to see the reform passed, she implores President Andrew Johnson, holding a leaking kettle labelled "The Reconstructed South," to mend the pot.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Author, U. (2026, July 06). Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Author, Unknown. "Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 06, 2026. .
### MLA
Author, Unknown. "Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Jul 2026, .
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