HIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Equal Protection Clause, Emancipation Proclamation, Foregone Conclusion
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Beginnings to save the union, not to free the slaves. Transition saving the union freeing the slaves: emancipation proclamation (jan. 1863) meant more than it said, 13th amendment (ratified, dec. 1865) almost a foregone conclusion. Of the no(cid:396)th assurance of no more secession, no more slavery. Of the south make things the way they used to be (local autonomy, white supremacy) Of f(cid:396)eed sla(cid:448)es (cid:894)~(cid:1008)m(cid:895) equality & justice freedom from white control. F(cid:396)eed(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s bu(cid:396)eau (cid:894)(cid:1007)/(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1010)(cid:1009) + (cid:1005) yea(cid:396)(cid:895) food & schools too little time & resources: li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s pla(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1006)/(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1010)(cid:1007)(cid:895) le(cid:374)ie(cid:374)t; (cid:449)ith (cid:373)ali(cid:272)e to(cid:449)a(cid:396)d (cid:374)o(cid:374)e, (cid:449)ith (cid:272)ha(cid:396)ity fo(cid:396) all. Black codes - vagrancy laws, employment restrictions ante-bellum south. Civil rights act of 1866 vetoed by a. johnson, overridden. Military reconstruction act of 1867 south divided into 5 military districts. 14th amendment ratified 7/1868 (largely by southern states seeking readmission: citizenship redefined no longer a state option (overturns dred scott case, equal protection clause, penalties for restricting suffrage.
