How Was the Union Able to Begin Leading Reconstruction Efforts

question 18

Multiple Choice

How was the Union able to begin leading Reconstruction efforts in the South?

• A)Lincoln strategically waited to begin the process of Reconstruction in conquered areas until after the Civil War was officially over.
• B)Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, allowing for Rebel states to be pardoned after 10 percent of those who had voted in 1860 took an oath of allegiance.
• C)Lincoln pardoned all Confederate government officials as well as all soldiers and senior officers in the Confederate army and navy.
• D)Against Lincoln's wishes, the Wade-Davis Bill went into effect, requiring a majority of white male citizens who had voted in 1860 in Rebel states to pledge allegiance to the Union.
• E)The Union government agreed to allow slavery for the next 50 years but only in certain parts of the South where it was most crucial to the economy.