HIST 2057 Chapter : History 2057 Me Ding- Urbanization
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. should states have the right to own slaves? reconstruction was all about fixing these two issues. Abraham lincoln"s policy was the first attempt to reconstruct the issue of the divided nation. Takes little for confederate state to be part of union. Lincoln tried to reestablish peace between the union ("the north") and the. Southerners who pledged an oath of loyalty to the united states. When 10% of a state"s voters had signed this oath, congress would reinstate the state into the union. 1/10 of voting population has taken oath, can form new state government. Once they form it, they have to outlaw slavory and have to repudiate the idea that states could secede from the union. They do not have the right to form their own country. This policy says nothing about the rights of the slaves. La is first to be admitted through this policy. Before civil war ends 4 states come back.
