PSC 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Legal Tender, Slaughter-House Cases, Reconstruction Amendments
11 Sep 2018
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A new birth of freedom: the revolutionary 14th amendment, the rights of the former slaves, the powers of the national government. The civil war, reconstruction, and federal power: conscription, legal tender, civil rights. The 14th amendment and the bill of rights: section 1 is important. Direct reversal of dred scott and rojer taney"s opinion that blacks/ slaves were not citizens. Bill of rights are now protected against the states, now longer apply just to the federal government. War was fought on questions of slavery and federal power: rights of former slaves. Escaped slaves put to work on a wage in the union, but became difficult to support an all volunteer army, so eventually armed. 200,000 african-american men who served as soldiers (basically saved. Union won, slavery was abolished, had to recognize government as supreme law. Lincoln and gettysburg address, soldiers didn"t die in vain, government has new rebirth of freedom (all men created equal)
