On June 16, 1866, the House Joint Resolution proposing the 14th amendment to the Constitution was submitted to the states. On July 28, 1868, the 14th amendment was declared, in a certificate of the Secretary of State, ratified by the necessary 28 of the 37 States, and became part of the supreme law of the land.assed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves.
Before the Oresund Bridge, residents of Malmo in Sweden or Copenhagen in Denmark had to take a one and a half hour ferry ride across the Oresund Strait that separates the two countries and cities.
Sweden is in northern Europe and has a coastline that is met by the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. The Scandinavian Mountains create a natural boundary between Sweden and Norway to its north and west. Swedenâs north-eastern border is with Finland and it is also linked to Denmark in the far south.