________________ – a period following the Civil War where states that seceded were readmitted to the Union and political, economic, and social reforms were addressed. (Unit 5 Lesson 7 page 1)

Question

________________ – a period following the Civil War where states that seceded were readmitted to the Union and political, economic, and social reforms were addressed. (Unit 5 Lesson 7 page 1)

Reconstruction took place in Texas and the other states that had seceded as a condition to be readmitted to the Union.
The First Reconstruction Act had rules on what each state needed to do to be welcomed back to the____________. (Unit 5 Lesson 7 page 6)
Texas and the other Southern states had to change their laws to be readmitted.

Answer 1

Union. The laws that needed to be changed included the abolishment of slavery, granting voting rights to African Americans, and ratifying the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. Additionally, the states had to create new state governments that were loyal to the Union and implement policies that protected the civil rights of all citizens.