To What Extent Did Constitutional And Social Developments Lead To A Revolution?
The beginning of the American Civil War until the end of Reconstruction, the United States of America went through what many believe was a revolution. During this time many constitutional and social developments brought about drastic change in the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction, never the less some social developments which could potentially lead to a revolution were the Freedmen's Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. The combination of these two factors put our country in a revolution.
Before 1860 the United States was already broken into opposing sides fighting for power. Although these conflicts never became bloodied, …show more content…
As opposed to different states doing their own things which is why the government could be overthrown.
Although the slaves were finally freed, they were still denied equal rights. Some Africans felt that they were being betrayed by their government. They did not understand how after they have fought for their nation and government, they are still are denied the right to vote for their representatives. In the petition it explains how they are treated unjustly in court and how the courts will not even receive an African American testimony. At that time the government was not active in pursing equal rights for the freedmen. Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy wrote in a diary that the Federal Government has no control of whether or not blacks can vote or not. He believed it was entirely up to the states to decide if they vote or not. The Federal Government has done it job by freeing the state and suffrage is not their issue. Some states took advantage of this with things like the Poll Tax, Literacy Test, and Grandfather Clause, which prevented blacks from being able to vote. The few freed Africans that could afford the Poll Tax most likely could not read, and if they did it was even more unlikely that their grandfather voted considering
Before 1860 the United States was already broken into opposing sides fighting for power. Although these conflicts never became bloodied, …show more content…
As opposed to different states doing their own things which is why the government could be overthrown.
Although the slaves were finally freed, they were still denied equal rights. Some Africans felt that they were being betrayed by their government. They did not understand how after they have fought for their nation and government, they are still are denied the right to vote for their representatives. In the petition it explains how they are treated unjustly in court and how the courts will not even receive an African American testimony. At that time the government was not active in pursing equal rights for the freedmen. Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy wrote in a diary that the Federal Government has no control of whether or not blacks can vote or not. He believed it was entirely up to the states to decide if they vote or not. The Federal Government has done it job by freeing the state and suffrage is not their issue. Some states took advantage of this with things like the Poll Tax, Literacy Test, and Grandfather Clause, which prevented blacks from being able to vote. The few freed Africans that could afford the Poll Tax most likely could not read, and if they did it was even more unlikely that their grandfather voted considering