USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Confederate states would be required to uphold the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; swear loyalty to the Union; and pay off their war debt. Then they could re-write their state constitutions, hold elections, and begin sending representatives to Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Congressional Reconstruction plan was very harsh. It was designed to keep Republicans in control of Congress. It was, however, sensitive to the plight of freed slaves in the South. The committee’s proposal was accepted by Congress.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ten Percent Plan was a plan proposed by President Abraham Lincoln during the Reconstruction-era following the conclusion of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first of several bills to define the terms of congressional Reconstruction, it divided former Confederate states other than Tennessee into five military districts and placed them under the command of former Union generals.