A liberal interpretation of the constitution. <span />
They only had to defend their land. The south also had great military generals compared to the north in the civil war.
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A state that contains lots of electoral votes would want the smaller States that have fewer votes to vote because sometimes those small vote states are helpful. Also battle ground states are something to focus on when voting cause just like the last election it came down to this
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were established after the civil war, during the period of reconstruction and intensely displeased the southern white population, because it revoked their supremacy over blacks and placed them on an equal footing with them.
These amendments prohibited the involuntary servitude of blacks, placed them as citizens and allowed them to be given the right to vote. The southern white population, in addition to seeing these amendments as an affront to their superiority, saw this as a way of using blacks to achieve northern goals to the detriment of the former Confederates.
To circumvent each of these demands, the southern white population initiated a series of racist and segregationist guidelines, which reaffirmed white supremacy and sought to strengthen the inferiority of blacks.