Use the list below to answer the question that follows. Reconstruction Act of 1867 -new state constitutions had to provide for universal male suffrage -new state constitutions had to be approved by a majority of registered voters states had to ratify the 14th Amendment Vhat was the MAIN purpose of these requirements? DA. to gain political support from advocates of states' rights O B. to specify how former states of the Confederacy could rejoin the Union C. to make it more difficult for newly freed slaves to enjoy the rights of citizenship

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Reconstruction Act of 1867
• new state constitutions had to provide for universal male suffrage
• new state constitutions had to be approved by a majority of registered voters
• states had to ratify the 14th Amendment
What was the MAIN purpose of these requirements?
O A. to gain political support from advocates of states' rights
O B. to specify how former states of the Confederacy could rejoin the Union
O C. to make it more difficult for newly freed slaves to enjoy the rights of citizenship
O D. to recognize the constitutions ratified by Southern states during the Confederacy
Transcribed Image Text:Use the list below to answer the question that follows. Reconstruction Act of 1867 • new state constitutions had to provide for universal male suffrage • new state constitutions had to be approved by a majority of registered voters • states had to ratify the 14th Amendment What was the MAIN purpose of these requirements? O A. to gain political support from advocates of states' rights O B. to specify how former states of the Confederacy could rejoin the Union O C. to make it more difficult for newly freed slaves to enjoy the rights of citizenship O D. to recognize the constitutions ratified by Southern states during the Confederacy
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