History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2263 short lesson, about 20 seconds
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The idea
Johnson required conventions repealing secession ordinances and ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment, and by early eighteen sixty-six declared every former Confederate state had complied.
In practice
Former Confederate leaders seeking congressional seats by late eighteen sixty-five.
Where people slip
Alexander Stephens, the Confederacy's vice president, recently jailed in Boston, was among them. Johnson declared the Union restored.
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