To gain admittance to the Union,
Congress required Southern states to draft new constitutions guaranteeing African-American men the right to vote
. The constitutions also had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted African Americans equal protection under the law.
What was the plan to rejoin the South to the Union?
Lincoln’s blueprint for Reconstruction included
the Ten-Percent Plan
,which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Why were governments in the South readmitted to the Union?
As fears increased that the South seemed to be returning to its pre-Civil War attitudes,
Congress decided to take over control of Reconstruction from the president
. First, Congress refused to allow any representatives from Southern states to take their seats until their states were formally readmitted to the Union.
What were the 3 things States had to do to be readmitted to the Union?
Radical Republicans
When did the Confederacy rejoin the Union?
In the
summer of 1868
, seven former Confederate states–Alabama (July 13, 1868), Arkansas (June 22, 1868), Florida (June 25, 1868), Georgia* (July 21, 1868), Louisiana (July 9, 1868), North Carolina (July 4, 1868), and South Carolina (July 9, 1868) are readmitted to the Union.
Why did Lincoln not punish the South?
Lincoln’s reconstructive policy toward the South was lenient
because he wanted to popularize his Emancipation Proclamation
. Lincoln feared that compelling enforcement of the proclamation could lead to the defeat of the Republican Party in the election of 1864, and that popular Democrats could overturn his proclamation.
Why did the South rejoin the Union?
The purpose of the Reconstruction was
to help the South become a part of the Union again
. Federal troops occupied much of the South during the Reconstruction to insure that laws were followed and that another uprising did not occur. Many people wanted the South to be punished for trying to leave the Union.
What was the last state to rejoin the Union?
On this day in 1870, Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union after agreeing to seat some black members in the state Legislature.
What was the first Southern state to rejoin the Union?
On this day in 1866,
Tennessee
became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union. The Volunteer State
Why did the North want to keep the Union together?
So they
felt they had to force the Confederate states to rejoin the United States
. “They believed to do otherwise would betray the generation who established the Union, as well as future Americans,” he said. … Thus, northerners were fighting to preserve the Union, southerners to preserve slavery, he said.
Was Georgia kicked out of the Union?
After the Civil War, Georgia actually had to be readmitted to the Union twice. Initially readmitted with several other Confederate states in July of 1868, Georgia was kicked back out again in March 1869 after the state
expelled all African Americans
from the state legislature.
What 2 states joined the Union during the Civil War?
- Delaware: December 7, 1787.
- Pennsylvania: December 12, 1787.
- New Jersey: December 18, 1787.
- Connecticut: January 9, 1788.
- Massachusetts: February 6, 1788.
- Maryland: April 28, 1788.
- New Hampshire: June 21, 1788.
- New York: July 26, 1788.
What are the 11 states that left the Union?
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of their secession dates (listed in parentheses), were:
South Carolina
(December 20, 1860), Mississippi (January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10, 1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), Texas (February 1, 1861), Virginia (April 17 …
Was Lincoln’s 10 percent plan successful?
Legacy. President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan had an immediate effect on several states under Union control. His goal of a
lenient Reconstruction policy
, coupled with a dominate victory in the 1864 Presidential Election, resonated throughout the Confederacy and helped to expedite the conclusion of the war.
What was Lincoln’s 10% plan?
The ten percent plan gave
a general pardon to all Southerners except high-ranking Confederate government and military leaders
; required 10 percent of the 1860 voting population in the former rebel states
Who opposed Lincoln’s plan and why?
Radical Republicans
