@MotherJones Bernie Sanders will be the democratic nominee.
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@MotherJones must readThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones remember a Yale SCOTUS wrote the majority opinion in Plessy vs FergusonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones Woodward states blacks and whites linked arms and stepped as one but this created labor problems for the wealthyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones actually c van Woodward states that the end of slavery was a glorious time for poor whites who could finally workThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones Guess this proves she's a racist who panders to blacks for powerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones Yes she was. Never heard of Dunning either but Lincoln's plan was factually less onerous than Congress' https://books.google.com/books?id=yCYsloITgzEC&pg=PA585&lpg=PA585&dq=Congress+was+right+in+not+limiting,+by+its+reconstruction+acts,+the+right+of+suffrage+to+whites;+but+wrong+in+the+exclusion+from+suffrage+of+certain+classes+of+citizens+and+all+unable+to+take+its+prescribed+retrospective+oath,+and+wrong+also+in+the+establishment+of+despotic+military+governments+for+the+States+and+in+authorizing+military+commissions+for+the+trial+of+civilians+in+time+of+peace.+There+should+have+been+as+little+military+government+as+possible;+no+military+commissions;+no+classes+excluded+from+suffrage;+and+no+oath+except+one+of+faithful+obedience+and+support+to+the+Constitution+and+laws,+and+of+sincere+attachment+to+the+constitutional+Government+of+the+United+States.+Letter+to+August+Belmont,+1868&source=bl&ots=d2lNo2VH1L&sig=FRuLlrVOpqqwSsFD7jIkgWBQmeY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXuc-i3sjKAhXM4yYKHbe8AcIQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Congress%20was%20right%20in%20not%20limiting%2C%20by%20its%20reconstruction%20acts%2C%20the%20right%20of%20suffrage%20to%20whites%3B%20but%20wrong%20in%20the%20exclusion%20from%20suffrage%20of%20certain%20classes%20of%20citizens%20and%20all%20unable%20to%20take%20its%20prescribed%20retrospective%20oath%2C%20and%20wrong%20also%20in%20the%20establishment%20of%20despotic%20military%20governments%20for%20the%20States%20and%20in%20authorizing%20military%20commissions%20for%20the%20trial%20of%20civilians%20in%20time%20of%20peace.%20There%20should%20have%20been%20as%20little%20military%20government%20as%20possible%3B%20no%20military%20commissions%3B%20no%20classes%20excluded%20from%20suffrage%3B%20and%20no%20oath%20except%20one%20of%20faithful%20obedience%20and%20support%20to%20the%20Constitution%20and%20laws%2C%20and%20of%20sincere%20attachment%20to%20the%20constitutional%20Government%20of%20the%20United%20States.%20Letter%20to%20August%20Belmont%2C%201868&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MotherJones …may have been handled in a way to make sure the south knew they lost & the the US is a nation. Lincoln missed that. -
@LynneAvVer@MotherJones That's exactly right. Lincoln wanted to reunite quickly with no acrimony. Congress disagreed and wanted revenge
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@MotherJones In light of the current problems the US has w/southerners that still linger in 186o mentality, I'd say the end if the war…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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