reconstruction
With exception of Tennessee, which was readmitted in 1866, the ten former Confederate States were readmitted between 1868 and 1870.
It is the period in the United States history immediately following the Civil War whereby the federal government set the conditions that allows the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.
The military district was established to enforce federal authority and ensure compliance with Reconstruction policies following the Civil War. Southern states had to be controlled to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans and to prevent the resurgence of Confederate sympathies. Federal troops were deployed to maintain order, oversee elections, and ensure that states adopted new constitutions that guaranteed civil rights. This military oversight was deemed necessary to facilitate a smooth reintegration of the southern states into the Union.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT MANY STATES JOINED THE SOUTHERN STATES. MANY JOINED THE NORTHERN STATES !
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.
1865-1877
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1871
With exception of Tennessee, which was readmitted in 1866, the ten former Confederate States were readmitted between 1868 and 1870.
It is the period in the United States history immediately following the Civil War whereby the federal government set the conditions that allows the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.
Just an agreement to abolish slavery
They had to dissolve their Confederate state governments, and re-apply for their place in the United States under the US Constitution.
The Confederate states were gradually readmitted to the Union during the Reconstruction era, which followed the Civil War. The process began in 1868 when several states, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee, were officially readmitted. By 1870, all former Confederate states had been readmitted, with the exception of Texas, which had been readmitted earlier in 1869. However, the full integration and reconciliation of these states into the Union continued well into the following decades.
Promise to be good and stop using the N word
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.