some wanted to use reconstruction to punish the south
They wanted to punish the south
reconstruction
I'm pretty sure it was the reconstruction period.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The south was against it.
It didn't.
To punish the South
The causes were tariffs, the 10th amendment, and slavery. The effects were the south temporarily leaving the union, abolishment of slavery, and much bloodshed.
The South avoided the 14th Amendment by failing to ratify it. Their legal basis in this was the technicality of how the amendment was proposed. Since the required 2/3 vote was not received, the South ignored this amendment.
some wanted to use reconstruction to punish the south
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans.
Punish the South
radical republicans
Yes, he wanted to punish the South.
15th amendment
President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction aimed to punish the South. He wanted to punish Sothern's for their rebellion against the Union.