HIST 2057 Chapter : Mending A Divided Nation
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*even though slavery ended, conditions for african americans did not get much better: abraham lincoln and reconstruction. None of the states have to grant voting, citizenship rights to the african. Was neither successful nor unsuccessful depending on how its viewed. In order to readmit to union: abolish slavery, repudiate the principle or idea of succession, states don"t have the right to succeed, louisiana was the first state to be readmitted to the union under. Wanted to say that the union party was for everyone: didn"t come from a wealthy background. Codes : discriminated against population, no state had to grant voting rights, citizenship rights to african. Americans: keeping them from participating fully in. Southern states got more representation because blacks went from counting as 3/5 of a person to being a full person: fourteenth amendment (june 1866, asserts the rights of citizenship on african american population.
