The Top 10 Milestone Documents
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1. Declaration of Independence (1776)
2. Constitution of the United States (1787)
3. Bill of Rights (1791)
4. Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
5. Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
6. 19th Amendment to the US Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)
7. 13th Amendment to the US Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
8. Gettysburg Address (1863)
9. Civil Rights Act (1964)
10. Social Security Act (1935)
