To be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War, Southern states were required to create new state constitutions that abolished slavery and guaranteed civil rights for freedmen. They also had to ratify the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Additionally, states were often required to hold new elections and establish loyalty to the Union, ensuring that former Confederates could not hold office. The process was overseen by Congress and involved significant federal intervention.
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.
1871
Before being readmitted to the Union, each southern state that had been part of the Confederacy had to ratify the fourteenth amendment.
Promise to be good and stop using the N word
Tennessee was the first state to be readmitted into the Union on July 24th, 1866.
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.
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1871
reconstruction
Just an agreement to abolish slavery
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.
Promise to be good and stop using the N word
after the civil war all the southern states had to ratify the constitution to be readmitted into the union.
free the slaves.
1865-1877
TENNESSEE