RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Majority of a states white male adults had to pledge loyalty to the Union, which barred former Confederates from holding public office.
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Opposed equal rights for African Americans
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Only white males who swore they had not fought against the Union could vote for delegates to a state Constitutional Convention.
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All new states Constitutions had to ban slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill would also have abolished slavery, but it required that 50 percent of a state’s White males take a loyalty oath to the United States (and swear they had never assisted the Confederacy) to be readmitted to the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states, as opposed to Lincoln’s proposed 10%, must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification. Along with the loyalty pledge, the Bill would abolish slavery within the rebel states.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following are true of the Wade-Davis Bill? It called for 50 percent of eligible voters in seceded states to pledge loyalty to the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best explains why President Lincoln was opposed to the Wade-Davis Bill? The bill went against his more lenient plans for reuniting the nation.