RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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Miss C.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Andrew Johnson signed this warrant on July 11, 1868, to place the Seal of the United States on a presidential proclamation announcing Florida and North Carolina’s ratification of the 14th Amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Johnson objected to the Fourteenth Amendment for several reasons. He argued that it was improper to amend the Constitution when Southern states were not represented in Congress. In addition, he believed that each state should be able to determine who had the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson implemented his own form of Presidential Reconstruction, a series of proclamations directing the seceded states to hold conventions and elections to reform their civil governments.
Detailed explanation-4: -Congressman John A. Bingham of Ohio, the primary author of the first section of the 14th Amendment, intended that the amendment also nationalize the Bill of Rights by making it binding upon the states.