What did Congress require from each former Confederate state before they were readmitted to the Union?
A) free public education for black children and voting rights for freedmen
B) Republican-controlled state legislatures and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
C) state constitutions with universal male suffrage and ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
D) abolishment of the Black Codes and suppression of white terror groups

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Congress required each former Confederate state to draft new state constitutions that included universal male suffrage and to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.

What Did Congress Require from Each Former Confederate State Before