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the republicans gain control of both houses of congress. they maintained that the southern states were not "adequately reconstructed" and must ratify the Fourteenth Amendment before they could rejoin the Union. One radical, Thaddeus Stevens, wanted to punish the south even more by breaking up all the plantations and providing every farm slave with "forty acres and a mule." But the republicans , who valued personal property, refused to seriously consider his plan.
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∙ 14y agoThe 14th amendment DID legally give African Americans born in the U.S. equal citizenship. The problem was that Congress had a hard time enforcing it due to cultural conflicts such as racism and the KKK. They created the Freedmen's Bureau to protect the freed slaves, but most were white and allowed employers to treat them unfairly anyways. After the bureau was stopped, blacks had to earn their equality on their own, which eventually led to people like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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∙ 11y agoBecause it would make the newly freed slave citizens.
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∙ 6y agoIt was adopted July 8, 1868 and wasn't rejected.
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Why did Congress limit immigration from countries in southern and eastern Europe?
they limited it because the states were over populating and they didnt want anyone to bring new diseases.
Why did suffragists want a constitutional amendment?
because they didnt want to suffer and be in pain anymore by the government.
How were the areas that weren't states government before the civil war?
there were states that didnt have freedom
Why were some states hesitant to ratify the Constitution?
Many people objected the ideas of the Constitution, like Patrick Henry and George Mason. They were unhappy with the Constitution because they believed it needed a Bill of Rights, and over that period of time ten amendments were made to the Constitution called the Bill of Rights.
What are the 7 articles of constitution?
it was the constitution that was before the one we have today. it didnt work well, so it was revised into the modern constitution by our founding fathers. it was the constitution that was before the one we have today. it didnt work well, so it was revised into the modern constitution by our founding fathers.
Why is it important that all 13 states ratify constitution?
because if they didnt sign the constituton the constitution couldn't be passed
What are the slave states that didnt secede called?
there isn't really a name for them, they are like any state but they have slavery. you could call them southern slave states or slave states, or southern states...... there is no definition for slave states that didnt secede proir to the civil war
Why did southern states secede from from the US of America?
because they didnt want him to make slavery illegal !
Why didn't Samuel Adams want to ratify the constitution?
cause he didnt feel like it bruh
How did the poll tax impact the 15th amendment?
it didnt
Who was the southern king dethroned by end of civil war?
The south didnt have a king, but a president. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America.
In which states was slavery illegal and which was it legal?
Slavery was illegal in the northern states of the United States, including states like Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Slavery was legal in the southern states, such as South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
Did people support slavery?
People supported slavery because they needed more workers. They didnt have to pay them so the southern states had many many slaves.
Why did Congress limit immigration from countries in southern and eastern Europe?
they limited it because the states were over populating and they didnt want anyone to bring new diseases.
Why did the 25th amendment ban liquor?
it didnt, the 18th amendment banned achoal becase women belaeved it was the cause of all evil, it was repealed by the 21st amendment not long after.
What was not used by the southern states to block freed slaves from voting?
The KKK clane didnt think they had the rights to vote so they killed them and they didnt let them vote.
Why didnt the slave states remaining in the union secede also?
The slave states remaining in the Union were mainly border states. The "border states" economy wasn't as dependant on slavery as were their southern cousins. One Southern congressman even stayed in congress during the war. Vice President Andrew Johnson was also a strong supporter of the South and paid for it after he became president.
