In 1868, the Georgia General Assembly ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, allowing re-admittance into the Union. Though this amen
dment granted citizenship to blacks, the House of Representatives and Senate of Georgia soon removed the black members from the Assembly. On what grounds did the state lawmakers claim to remove these members?
The correct answer is: The state constitution did <u>NOT</u> recognize the black citizen's right to hold public office.
Even though the General Assembly had ratified the 14th Amendment that guaranteed citizenship and equal protection of the law to the black population, both the Senate of Georgia and the House of Representatives voted to remove black people from the General Assembly sits.
Pearl Harbor. The atomic bombs that we dropped on Japan was revenge for Pearl Harbor. We already had some issues with Japan but the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was the main reason for the atomic bombs that President Truman dropped on Japan.
