2. Which of the following reasons explains why the United States entered the Reconstruction era in a fragile condition? President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated just days after Confederate surrender. The Union had no intention of admitting the rebelling Confederate states and reforming the United States, leaving the Confederate states to rebuild on their own. Vice President Andrew Johnson was in the middle of impeachment proceedings when Lee surrendered to Grant. The Confederacy declared that it would never surrender to the Union.

2. Which of the following reasons explains why the United States entered the Reconstruction era in a fragile condition? President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated just days after Confederate surrender. The Union had no intention of admitting the rebelling Confederate states and reforming the United States, leaving the Confederate states to rebuild on their own. Vice President Andrew Johnson was in the middle of impeachment proceedings when Lee surrendered to Grant. The Confederacy declared that it would never surrender to the Union.