HIST 015A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: 39Th United States Congress, Jacksonian Democracy, Thirteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
14 Mar 2019
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Any seceded state of the nation swore loyalty to the union and adopt the. 50% of the state had to denounce slavery and swear allegiance to the. Developed a hatred for white planter class. Disenfranchisement of confederate civil and military leaders. State conventions called to ratify the 13th amendment. New elections for state legislatures and us congressmen. Black codes laws were designed to relegate af. Americans to the absolute lowest ranks of society. Go into the south and provide immediate assistance in clothing, food, shelter. Gave ex-slaves full american citizenship and some instances vote. The final battle between the president and congress. President could not remove or appoint members of his cabinet without congressional approval. Missed being convicted by a single vote. Scalawags were southern white democrats, betrayed their culture and colluded with the republicans or became republicans. Very important because it stipulates equality under the law. The south will remain an agricultural land.
