Tennessee was the only Southern state to ratify the 14th amendment.
Tennessee was the only Southern state to ratify the 14th amendment.
Yes
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Tennessee, which was the only southern state to ratify the 14th amendment
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The Confederate states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution before being readmitted to the Union as part of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867. These acts established the process for Southern states to rejoin the Union, requiring them to create new state constitutions, ensure civil rights for freedmen, and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
Tennessee
No, that would be Tennesse.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution gave suffrage to former black slaves on July 9. 1868. This was a bone of contention for southern states who were forced to ratify it in order to regain their representation in Congress.
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment because they wanted Abraham Lincoln's home state to be the first to ratify they amendment.
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