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question: 28
what were southern states required to do before applying for readmission to the union following the civil war?

a. pay reparations to all black americans in their territory

b. arrest and imprison all confederate officers and politicians

c. ratify the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments

d. adopt laws banning discrimination against black americans

question: 29
why was abraham lincoln’s reconstruction plan referred to as the \ten percent plan\?

a. under the plan, ten percent of each state’s annual tax revenue had to be paid to the federal government as war reparations for a period of five years.

b. under the plan, ten percent of plantation land seized in each confederate state had to be distributed to former slaves before the state could rejoin the union.

c. under the plan, ten percent of each confederate state’s voting population had to swear an oath of allegiance to the union before the state could rejoin the union.

d. under the plan, ten percent of confederate military generals were required to surrender to federal forces before federal forces would be removed from the south.

Explanation:

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To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Southern states didn’t have to pay reparations to Black Americans.
• Option B: They didn’t arrest all Confederate officers/politicians (amnesty was often given).
• Option C: To rejoin the Union, Southern states had to ratify the 13th (abolish slavery), 14th (equal protection), and 15th (voting rights for Black men) Amendments.
• Option D: While civil rights laws came later, the key requirement for readmission was meeting the amendment criteria.

Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” required that 10% of a Confederate state’s voting population (from the 1860 election) swear an oath of allegiance to the Union for the state to rejoin. Analyzing options:

• Option A: No tax revenue requirement.
• Option B: No land distribution to former slaves (that was part of other plans, not Lincoln’s).
• Option C: Matches the definition of the Ten Percent Plan.
• Option D: No requirement about 10% of generals surrendering.

Answer:

C. satisfy the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

Question 29