What is the process by which former Confederate states were allowed back into the Union?

• A. Desegregation
• B. Readmission
• C. Exposition
• D. International

Answer: (B)

Readmission is the term for bringing a state back into the United States after it had withdrawn during the Civil War. In Reconstruction, former Confederate states weren’t simply restored automatically; they had to set up new governments that followed federal conditions—like guaranteeing rights for newly freed people and accepting amendments such as those that protected civil rights. Once Congress approved their new governments, those states were readmitted to the Union. Desegregation is about ending racial separation in public life and came later in the Civil Rights era, while expositions and international have no bearing on reintegration processes within the United States.