Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.
1871
The 14th amendment states that all citizens of America have the right to due process, regardless of race or any other reason. President Johnson advised Southern states to oppose it because he deemed it unconstitutional.
Well, most of them were forced to accept the fourteenth amendment, thus implying that they needed to protect the Bill of Rights.
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Tennessee was the only Southern state to ratify the 14th amendment.
Tennessee was the only Southern state to ratify the 14th amendment.
The first state re-admitted to the Union was Tennessee on 24 July 1866. A week before its readmittance, Tennessee ratified the 14th Amendment. As a result, Tennessee became the sole state during Reconstruction that did not have an appointed military governor.
The Southern States were to organise conventions which had to amend their own constitutions so as to conform them with the Constitution of the United States, including the incorporation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Johnson felt the Amendment was unconstitutional. He wanted the southerners to rely on him to trounce the republicans in the next election.
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.
1865-1877
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Some white southerners used various methods to limit the freedoms of blacks.
Some white southerners used various methods to limit the freedoms of blacks.