Sentence examples for began to ratify from inspiring English sources

Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, legislatures began to ratify new constitutions, amendments or electoral laws that disfranchised African-American voters, devising means such as poll taxes, literacy tests and residential requirements that passed Supreme Court review but worked against poor blacks and many poor whites.

The protocol agreement, which the United Nations General Assembly must approve before governments can begin to ratify it, would also prohibit the drafting of children younger than 18 and would require countries to raise the minimum age for volunteers above 15, the convention's current standard.

After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area.

Xianfeng refused to ratify the treaties, however, and in response Anglo-French forces began to advance on Beijing.

But Brady reacted to her allegation by claiming that "for 20 years I continued to ratify the cover I had given her at the trial whilst, in contrast, she systematically began to fabricate upon it to my detriment".

The repeal amendment was ratified on Dec. 5, 1933, just nine months after Roosevelt's inauguration, and new tax revenues began to flow.

If the delegates lift the strike on Sunday, the union's nearly 26,000 members could begin voting on whether to ratify the contract as early as Monday.

Delta Air Lines' pilots began voting Thursday on whether to ratify an agreement that will ease the way toward the carrier's planned merger with Northwest Airlines in exchange for an equity stake and other perks.

The treaty requires countries that ratify it to begin to work toward standards on accessibility and infrastructure for the disabled similar to our own.

Consider these suggestions before you ratify your 2010 budget; Begin to "Piggy Back" your mailings.

When the Senate refused to approve this proposed amendment, the state legislators began the process of initiating a convention to ratify it themselves.