USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Apart from being required to uphold the abolition of slavery (in compliance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution), swear loyalty to the Union and pay off war debt, southern state governments were given free rein to rebuild themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -States could be restored fully into the Union after they wrote new constitutions that accepted the abolition of slavery, repudiated secession, and canceled the Confederate debt.

Detailed explanation-3: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) there were three different American Presidents. The three Presidents during this era were Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. Abraham Lincoln served from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.