In 1865, the US Civil War was still going on. Also, Reconstruction followed the war and it took some Southern states time to reunite with the US. Thus the US Congress did not have all the states represented.
The amendment that Congress passed in 1865 was the Thirteenth amendment and it banned slavery in the United States.
The 13th amendment to the US Constitution was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states December 6, 1865. See the link below.
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865.
On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the country. The amendment was a significant step in the fight for civil rights and reflected the changing attitudes toward slavery during the Civil War. It was later ratified by the states, officially ending the institution of slavery in the United States.
President Abraham Lincoln proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to Congress on December 1, 1862. The amendment aimed to abolish slavery in the United States. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states later that year, officially ending slavery in the country.
Congress of the Confederate States ended in 1865.
The amendment that Congress passed in 1865 was the Thirteenth amendment and it banned slavery in the United States.
they felt worrid about the southern states
The 13th amendment to the US Constitution was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states December 6, 1865. See the link below.
That is not true...when the representatives of the defeated Confederate states went to Congress in late 1865, they were turned away. It was not until their states had ratified the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution were the representatives allowed to return to the US Congress.
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865.
The Senate and the House claimed authority to re-admit the Southern states.
11 states were part of the confederacy in 1865 .
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, it was ratified on December 12, 1865.
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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865 after the Civil War, is what officially ended slavery in the United States. It was not a decision by the Supreme Court, but rather an Amendment passed by Congress and ratified by the states.