Question

What describes a step that each former Confederate state had to take to gain readmission to the Union?

1: ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
2:pay war reparations to the federal government
3: disband its militia until a new state legislature was elected
4:elect a certain percentage of African Americans to Congress

Answer 1

Was this after the civil war?

Answer 2

yes it was sorry

Answer 3

yes it is

Answer 4

The states were required to ratify 3 amendments to the Constitution and submit to military law. (The amendments: #13 Abolishment of slavery, #14 equal protection for all citizens, #15 right to vote for blacks.) Hope this helps ^^

Answer 5

Thank you :)