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To be represented in Congress, 10% of the voters in a Southern state were required to take an oath of loyalty under the Reconstruction era's Wade-Davis Bill. This number was chosen as a compromise to ensure that a significant portion of the population had demonstrated loyalty to the Union, while not being so high as to exclude a majority of potential voters. This threshold aimed to facilitate the reintegration of Southern states while promoting loyalty to the Union.
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.
There were two presidents who served during the Reconstruction period. Abraham Lincoln, whose primary goal was putting the Union back together again after the war and his vice president, Andrew Johnson who assumed the presidency after Lincoln's death. Johnson completely dismantled all the Reconstruction programs, and abruptly stated it was over, due to his loyalty to secessionists.
the monarchy, or rule by divine right of a king
Lincoln's reconstruction plan called for rejoining of the North and the South as one nation. The southern states would get a representative in Congress when 1/10 of the voters pledged to obey the Federal Laws and take an oath of loyalty to the US.
Democratic.
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of southern prewar voters swear loyalty to the union.
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
it created military rule for the ten unreconstructed southern states and a new loyalty oath that disfranchised (took away the vote) from most white voters.
Under President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, a Southern state was required to draft a new state constitution that abolished slavery and to ratify the 13th Amendment. Additionally, a majority of voters had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union. Johnson's approach was relatively lenient, aimed at quickly restoring the Southern states without significant changes to their societal structures.
To be represented in Congress, 10% of the voters in a Southern state were required to take an oath of loyalty under the Reconstruction era's Wade-Davis Bill. This number was chosen as a compromise to ensure that a significant portion of the population had demonstrated loyalty to the Union, while not being so high as to exclude a majority of potential voters. This threshold aimed to facilitate the reintegration of Southern states while promoting loyalty to the Union.
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
it created military rule for the ten unreconstructed southern states and a new loyalty oath that disfranchised (took away the vote) from most white voters.