Lincoln and the people of the North stated that secession was "illegal" and "unconstitutional," and maintained that because of this the Southern states had never left the Union, even though they seceded. People from the North to this day still say that's the case, that secession was illegal and that the Southern states never left the Union. If that's true, then why did the Federal government under Andrew Johnson require each of the Southern states to be "re-admitted" to the Union before they could once again have a representative in Congress and receive federal assistance? Other than the Federal troops being used to occupy the South during Reconstruction, that is.
So why did the South have to be "re-admitted" to something it never left?
2007-03-03
04:42:35
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