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voters had to ratify the thirteenth amendment and state constitutions had to ban slavery
Remained in the Union.
Lincoln reasoned that the union created by the Constitution must remain intact. While the southern states claimed they had the right to secede, and that might have been true, the Constitution did not allow them to join any league or confederacy besides the United States of America. Thus, he argued, the existence of a Confederacy was in direct violation of the US Constitution.
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
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voters had to ratify the thirteenth amendment and state constitutions had to ban slavery
voters had to ratify the thirteenth amendment and state constitutions had to ban slavery
The strength of the Union is what caused the three border states to remain in the Union. The states had to take a look at the fighting sides and decide which they felt would benefit them the most at the end of the war.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president of the United States which was known as the Union side in the Civil War.
he called for a majority of voters to each southerner states to pledge lotalty to the u.s
23 states remain part of the Union.
Nebraska in 1867.
voters had to ratify the thirteenth amendment and state constitutions had to ban slavery
Most slave states left the union. The "border" states that practiced slavery, but stayed in the union, probably realized it would be too difficult to fight off the North.
because they were bored
He was from Tennessee and liked the south