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Yes, they lost the war and were conquered militarily so they could not leave the Union. Therefore they had to rejoin. But before they could regain the full powers of a member state in the union, congress required that the ratify the 14th Amendment to the constitution, guarantee the vote to black males, and prevent former high Confederate officials from serving in state government.
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BlakeDue to the stubborn resistance opposed by the former Confederate States (with exception of Tennessee) to Reconstruction and their refusal to ratify the 14th Amendment, the Congress passed in March 1867 a Reconstruction Act that imposed its version of a postwar settlement by means of a diktat.
The States in question, in groups of two, were organized into five military districts each one under the rule of a military governor having extensive powers. Then after restoring law and order, the States had to organise conventions to amend their own constitutions so as to conform with the Constitution of the United States.
After completing these stages the conforming States could be readmitted in the Union.
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What did moderate Republicans want from southern states before they could rejoin the Union?
More rights for former slaves
Why did the southern states threaten to leave the union?
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
What did radical republicans want from the south before they allowing its states to rejoin the union?
An agreement to end slavery immediately
Was the Northern states or the Southern states termed the Union in the US Civil War?
The North was called the Union because it represented those states that remained in "union" together as the Unites States, and because it was fighting to preserve that union by keeping the rebellious Southern states from leaving it.
What was the number of Southern States that had left the Union when Lincoln took office in March 1861?
When Lincoln took office in March 1861 seven southern states had left the Union.
