The Supreme Court had declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union, based on their interpretation of the Constitution - that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of property when they declared that a man's property was sacred.
This rendered all the Compromises invalid, and divided the nation even further than it was already.
it didn't the constitution was created before the Civil War...
After the civil war, the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were added to the constitution and the three-fifth clause and the fugitive clause were stated.
Hmmm...The Federalist Party was formed out of those people who had supported adoption of the Constitution during the ratification debates. Was that before or after the Civil War? Michael Montagne
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The Constitution did not clearly answer whether slavery was legal or whether African-Americans could be citizens. These questions were answered in 1865, right after the Civil War, in the 13th and 14th Amendments, respectively.
it didn't the constitution was created before the Civil War...
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After the civil war, the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were added to the constitution and the three-fifth clause and the fugitive clause were stated.
The civil war ended with the union army defeating the confederacy.
Depends which Civil War you are referring to. There have been hundreds.English Civil WarWar of the RosesAmerican Civil WarCrimean Civil WarEtcRe-ask with the missing information.
By declaring slavery legal, according to the Constitution, in the Dred Scott decision of 1857. This deepened the divide between the two sections.
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