POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reconstruction Acts, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
27 Sep 2016
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Wrong: immoral, evil, breach of natural/human rights (though mark graber highlights that according to constitution it"s technically right) Economic argument: existence of slavery depresses white men"s salaries. Institutions/separation of powers: supreme court upends various compromises in dred scott decision. Provide voting rights to freed slaves (more representation in the south than prior to the civil war) Block southern efforts to deprive free slaves of independence, right to vote, black codes . 13th amendment: bans slavery in the us. Guarantees citizenship both national and state level (ie. overturns dred scott) Voting: reduction in house seats states if disenfranchised. 15th amendment: no state can deny right to vote based on race or previous enslavement. Disbanded legislatures of southern states (tennessee already included) Made ratification of 14th amendment a condition of re-entry to union (not really a choice) Lack of national enforcement machinery (no big standing army) Checks and balances blocked bids by congress to improve enforcements and fund troops.
