According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?
A) Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage.
B) Southern states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
C) The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution.
D) Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions.
E) Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers.

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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 did not require Southern states to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers as a condition for readmission to the Union. The focus was on restructuring Southern states' governments to ensure civil rights for freed slaves and loyalty to the Union.

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, Which of the Following