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All Confederates except high-ranking Confederate officials and those accused of crimes against prisoners of war would be pardoned.
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Each Confederate state would have swear allegiance to the Union, withdraw its secession,annul Confederate war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendment.
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Gave blacks citizenship and equal protection under the law
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Divided Confederate states into five military districts and made set requirements to readmit to the Union
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Made everyone who was born in the U.S. citizens and gave them equal protection under the law
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Protected voting rights of blacks and helped to enforce the 15th Amendment
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They abolished the Freedman's Bureau
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Robert Smalls also known as the black hero of the Civil War was elected to Congress as representative of South Carolina
