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'what was the significance of the fourteenth amendment and why did president Johnson advise southern states not to adopt it'?

The 14th amendment states that all citizens of America have the right to due process, regardless of race or any other reason. President Johnson advised Southern states to oppose it because he deemed it unconstitutional.


What country in the America was the first to adopt slavery and one of the last to abolish it?

The United States was the first country in the Americas to use slavery. The United States was also one of the last countries to abolish slavery.


What country in the Americas was the first to adopt slavery and one of the last to abolish?

The certain Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery. It would appear that documentation is required to establish a fact that the United States was the first nation in the Americas to adopt slavery. With that said, it's clear that before the United States was an independent country, slavery existed in the Americas where the British, French and Spanish ruled colonies and territories.


How did honor affect the southern life in the years prior to the civil war?

Southern gentlemen liked to adopt codes of chivalry, partly because of their ancestral links with the Cavaliers of the English Civil War (with the North easily recognisable as the opposing Puritans.) Mark Twain believed that these romantic mannerisms were also copied from the immensely popular novels of Sir Walter Scott.


What country in the Americas was the first to adopt slavery?

Virginia

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What did many southern states adopt to limit the freedom of African Americans?

They passed Jim Crow laws and what they called equal but separate laws.


'what was the significance of the fourteenth amendment and why did president Johnson advise southern states not to adopt it'?

The 14th amendment states that all citizens of America have the right to due process, regardless of race or any other reason. President Johnson advised Southern states to oppose it because he deemed it unconstitutional.


Adopt spouse's children living in another country?

How do you adopt your spouse's children if they do not have legal status in the United States? How do you adopt your spouse's children if they do not have legal status in the United States?


Are gay people allowed to adopt children?

As of 2017, gay people can technically adopt in all 50 U.S. states, but they are still routinely denied in some states. Single people (gay or straight) are allowed to adopt in all states except Utah.


Can you adopt from Cuba?

Not in the United States.


Which southern US state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving in 1855?

Virginia


Can the Texas legislature adopt a law that contradicts the US Constitution?

Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution (also known as the Supremacy Clause) explicitly states the Constitution, federal statutes, and US treaties as the "supreme law of the land." Under this clause, a law in effect under the national government takes precedence over any law passed by a State legislature. Therefore, it is unconstitutional for Texas to pass a law that is in contradiction to the US Constitution.


How many states would have to adopt a new constitution?

At least nine states.


How do you adopt a star?

It is very easy for one to adopt a star in the United States. One can adopt a star in the United States by visiting popular on the web sources such as Name A Star Live, Star Registry, and OSC.


Can a Chinese family adopt multiple children as an exception from the one-child policy?

If You Live InChina Then You Can Not Adopt ANY Children.But If You Live In The United States Then You Can Adopt Children.


What forced all the southern states to establish governments that upheld black voting and other civil rights?

The Thirteenth amendment. All former Confederate state legislatures had to adopt this amendment to return fully into the Union.


What policy did the US adopt at the beginning of the war in Europe?

The United States did adopt at the beginning of the war in Europe a policy of neutrality.