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War And Peace Play In The Passage Of The 13th Amendment

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All the different jobs of Congress were important. The Secretary of State met with lobbyists to try to create plans for getting Democratic support for the amendment. The amendment's wording was unclear, so Stevens had to clarify its meaning. Most of the congressmen were present during the voting time for the amendment and had strong passion when voting yay or nay. 2. What role do war and peace play in the passage of the 13th amendments? At the beginning of the movie, Lincoln met with Blair to get him to support the bill because he could help get Conservative and border state Republicans to support it. Lincoln realized that he needed his support, so he allowed Blair to negotiate peace treaties with the South. A lot of Radical Republicans didn’t …show more content…

Lincoln tried to persuade Thaddeus Stevens to state that the amendment was for not just legal equality but racial equality as well. That means that slavery had to be abolished because, with this amendment in practice, slavery would be denying a group of people their right to racial equality. Congressional Democrats hope that Stevens just says that the amendment is for “equality before the law” and not anything more. Many times in the movie, congressional Democrats are heard saying statements about how they are worried that the passage of this amendment will lead to significantly more racial equality, such as black suffrage, black people having the same jobs as white people, and black …show more content…

In the beginning, Lincoln met with Preston Blair to try to get him to vote yes on the amendment because his support could help people who are conservatives or on the border states. Blair says he will only support it if Lincoln allows him to negotiate peace with the Confederacy. Lincoln and Secretary of State Steward meet with many Democrats to try to get them to support the 13th amendment by offering them administration jobs during Lincoln’s second term. 5. Is what happened with the 13th amendment evidence to you that “the system works”? The slow, long, and hard process to pass the 13th amendment was evidence to me that “the system works”. Just because Lincoln wanted the amendment to be passed and many Republicans at that time wanted to abolish slavery didn’t mean that they would all vote yes on the 13th amendment. The supporters of the 13th amendment also had to get Democrats to support the bill; majority Republican support wouldn’t be enough. Lincoln and Stevens disagreed on the rhetoric Stevens should use to describe the bill. The Speaker also voted on the bill, which is uncommon. 6. Do you think the members of Congress at the time were better and brighter

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