RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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promise never to secede again.
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accept his proclamation ending slavery.
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set up schools for freedmen.
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pay damages to the North.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under his reconstruction plan, most Southerners would be granted amnesty once they swore loyalty to the Union. 50% of the citizens in each state had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union. High-ranking and wealthy Confederates would be pardoned after appealing directly to the President.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. A state must have a majority within its borders take the oath of loyalty 2. A state must formally abolish slavery 3. No Confederate officials could participate in the new governments.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ten-Percent Plan All southerners except for high-ranking Confederate army officers and government officials would be granted a full pardon. Lincoln guaranteed southerners that he would protect their private property, though not their slaves.