HIS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Reconstruction Acts, Colfax Massacre, Thaddeus Stevens
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53,000 from free states: they represented about 10% of total union establishments, death rate was 40% greater than white soldiers. The american system of government: the rule book the constitution- determines what is permitted and what is not (3 parts) Proposal: proposal by two-thirds vote of both houses of. Ratification: passage by three-quarters of state legislatures, passage by three-quarters of special state. All passed in the years following the civil war in response to slavery and discrimination: 13th amendment- abolishes slavery, 14th amendment- defines citizenship and who is protected by all the rights of the constitution. Bend the rules: reinterpret existing constitutions and laws to get our way. Presidential reconstruction: december 1863, lincoln outlined a comprehensive plan for reconstruction, a state can apply for admission to the union, when 1/10th. How does congress respond: with the wade-davis bill, passed in july 1864, which. Asserts congressional power: lincoln is assassinated 5 days after the war, andrew johnson becomes president.