the sort of combination of andrew johnson of the white house and parson brownlow in the governor's mansion really will guarantee that for a brief period of time. so you have a situation which the vast majority of the state's electorate is franchised. they worked very quickly to try to cooperate with the federal policy that's being fashioned by the republican majority in congress in washington d.c. the center piece of that is professor levitt has suggested is the 14th amendment passed by congress in 1866 and the republican majority there says every state that participated in rebellion must ratify it if they wish to be enfolded again in involvement of national government. tennessee is the first state to ratify the 14th amendment. and in so doing that, tennessee actually is able to escape from implications of something that happened in march of 1867 called the first reconstruction act. so the first reconstruction act is the piece of legislation that effectively establishes military rule for the defeated con fed acy. so of the 11 states tennessee is the one that is not confederacy. so of the 1

of andrew johnson him and him and will a combination of andrew johnson in the white house and parson brownlow as the governor will help that for a brief period of time. the electorate is disenfranchised and the unionist majority has a stranglehold on the government, and they work very quickly to try and cooperate with federal policy that is being fashioned by washington, d.c. the centerpiece of that is as professor lovett was suggesting, the 14th amendment. every state who participated in the rebellion would have to agree to that in order to be enfolded again in the national government. nashville acted very quickly to do that, so tennessee is the first state to ratify the 14th amendment. and in so doing that, tennessee is able to escape from implications passed in march of 1867 called the first reconstruction act. the first reconstruction act establishes military rule for the defeated confederacy. the confederacy is divided into military diction -- military areas and they are subject to military rule. among all the confederate states, tennessee is the one that is not included in that military