Question

The Reconstruction Acts set conditions for how former Confederate states could rejoin the Union. It required those states to ratify the
Fourteenth Amendment and provide suffrage to all males. How did the South react to this policy?
A. All former Confederate states reluctantly met these requirements.
B. Only some former Confederate states fulfilled these requirements.
C. All former Confederate states refused to fulfill these requirements.
D. The former Confederate states willingly fulfilled these requirements.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. All former Confederate states reluctantly met these requirements.

Explanation:

After the Civil War, the United States Congress enacted four laws known as Reconstruction Acts in 1867 as part of the continuing reconstruction process. The legislation contained certain rules which include States were obliged to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment for re-admission into the Union, to create five military districts in the seceded states, required Confederate States to extend voting rights to all citizens irrespective of their race and requiring Congressional approval of new state constitutions. In the former Confederate states, the Reconstruction Acts developed strong resentment, although reluctant to these, they agreed to the terms.