HIST-UA 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Emancipation Proclamation, Impeachment Of Andrew Johnson, Jim Crow Laws
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As a result, many people came and tried to influence the decision of the state. A mini civil war broke out between the slave supporters and the antislavery supporters. Nullification theory promoted by john c. calhoun and other south carolinians that said states had the right to disregard federals laws to which they objected. Popular sovereignty people of territory make their own decision regarding slavery; expected to use constitutional principles. Johnson was impeached for political reasons, and not constitutional reasons. The republicans in congress did not approve of the way he was conducting. He was a southerner who was lenient toward the south. Republicans wanted to punish the south, while he helped them, a lot. He vetoed the renewal of the freedman"s bureau, which was created to help out the freed african. Since everyone hated him, they were a little sneaky and passed the.
