100 points What was a characteristic of the Congressional plan for Reconstruction?


Southerners who took an oath of loyalty would be pardoned and have land returned to them.


The Civil Rights Act of 1866 needed to be passed to protect the rights of African Americans.


Ten percent of a state's voters were required to pledge loyalty to the federal government before the state was allowed to form a new government.


Southern states were allowed to rewrite their own constitutions without any requirements.